Change

"Of course change is hard. It has to be. It carries with it - every single time - the potential to elevate, even revolutionize your life in ways you can never truly realize until you're already transformed, safely on the other side of your resistance and fear. Change is hard, but rarely as difficult as not doing anything. Now is the time - really, right now - to start making those changes you know you need to make in your life. Dive into change, into the sea of possibility it creates, and trust that all the hard work will bring you some deeply wonderful things - like a greater sense of calm and happiness, and a truer taste of freedom. If you can’t dive in, that’s okay. Tip toe, baby step, crawl if you have to. Just keep moving forward, no matter what, into what is already becoming your new and beautiful reality."

"People change only under two circumstances, one is called Inspiration and the other Desperation!!!! Unfortunately, both give results!"

"Being a real man is less about appearing strong and more about having the courage to influence a change in everyone around you."

"The time is always right to create the life you want."

"Calling for change and being part of making change are two very different things. Stop calling for change and be a part of making the change you want to see."

"I try to be a positive light in this cold dark world... if only with a few words from deep within my heart, I try"

"Emotions are like muscles. Most of them go highly unattended, it's usually the weaker, undefined ones that cause injury to the rest, and there is most certainly memory response in play."

"But while the urban tribe helps us survive, it does not help us thrive. The urban tribe may bring us soup when we are sick, but it is the people we hardly know - those who never make it into our tribe - who will swiftly and dramatically change our lives for the better."

"It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs."

"I learned long ago that when change comes, you gotta slow down and take note of it. In the midst of that change is all the possibility in the world."

"MANAGE YOUR MOOD: Name 1 thing that surprised you today... Name 1 thing that moved you... Name 1 thing that inspired you..."

"It isn't the happy ending Ingrid and I had dreamed up, but it's all a part of what I'm working through. The way life changes. The way people and things disappear. Then appear, unexpectedly, and hold you close."

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"Another important consequence in the arrival of digital technology and its facilitation of feedback is that we can look at large systems and recognize them once more not only as part of ourselves, but also as components that can change... Now, though, we live in a world where text is fluid, where is responds to our instructions. Writing something down records it, but does not make it true or permanent. So why should we put up with a system we don't like simply because it's been written somewhere?"

"Words and magic are two powerful forces that can change the world."

"I will write one book that will change entire humankind if only you have enough guts to read my previous ones."

"One day you will tell me how to change what I cannot yet describe without my words swelling HUGE, vowels vanishing, tears washing ink away."

"If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write."

"I don't know about you, but I want God to reveal the second step before I take the first step of faith. But I've discovered that if I don't take the first step, God generally won't reveal the next step... Most of us will only follow Christ to the point of precedence -- the place where we have been before. But ... If you want God to do something new, you cannot keep doing what you've always done. You've got to push past the fear of the unknown. You've got to do something different."

"Love is better than hate. Faith is greater than fear. Having positive vibes is better than holding on to negative ones. Learn to stay positive. Choose faith over fear and love over hate. Change your perspective. Change your life and change your world."