often what we want most in life is just the chance to do what we should have done to begin with.

Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.

Fate does not bend for us-we must bend to it.

An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, and circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.

The people in our lives are like cards in a deck. At different times we draw, hold, and discard, but, in the end, we don't really know the cards' value until life calls our hand.

The most important story we will ever write in our life is our own -- not with ink, but with our daily choices.

The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own—not with ink, but with our daily choices.

I have come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are interwoven with ours in seemingly random patterns, yet, in the end, have been carefully placed to reveal a remarkable tapestry. I believe God is the weaver at that loom.

We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of out intentions. It's the great, deep secret of humanity that in the end none of our lives look the way we thought they would. As much as we wish to believe otherwise, most of life is a reaction to circumstances.

I don't want to go to Peru." How do you know? You've never been there." I've never been to hell either and I'm pretty sure I don't want to go there.

If there were no God, and everything was a result of random chance, there would be no purpose to your life. It all starts with God.

Bible says, "Know where you are headed, and you will stay on solid ground.