If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.
There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.
The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.
A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.
Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.
Sensitive people usually love deeply and hate deeply. They don't know any other way to live than by extremes because thier emotional theromastat is broken.
One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.
Love is proved the moment you let go of someone because they need you to.
Feelings are something you have; not something you are.
There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.
Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.
Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.
Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.
The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.
People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit.
Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.
Some stories have to be written because no one would believe the absurdity of it all.
Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.
In the end, what will you fight for-- what got there first, what got there last or what has been there all along?
The more I know about God, I am convinced He likes to read books and authors are His librarians. Every soul is a story waiting to be read.
Many of the most powerful things in life are not tangible. All it takes is for you to close your eyes to see.
You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light.
Lies don't end relationships the truth does.
Words don’t have the power to hurt you, unless that person meant more to you than you are willing to confess.
No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.
I am not afraid to die; I am only afraid of saying goodbye to you forever.
The mind knows the truth when your heart denies what it feels. When you don't feel safe to let people in it is because you're not ready to deal with the pain of honesty.
To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand.
victimnoun \ˈvik-təm\ 1. The moment you tell everyone you have a mental disorder, in order to excuse your behavior.
Truth and facts are woven together. However, sometimes facts can blind you from seeing what is actually going on in someone’s life.
In a narcissist's world you are not their one and only. You are an extension of that person and last place in their mind, while they secure back up narcissistic supply.
When someone you love makes compassion, kindness, forgiveness, respect and God an option, you can be sure they have made you an option, as well.
The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.
When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.
It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked.
If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.
Communication is the one class no one graduates from. Even the wisest man's words will be misinterpreted by a fool.
Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style.
The only way to move from your reality to God’s reality is through people who love you.
The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about.
Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can't you see who I truly am?
When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart; anything less is a well thought out and rehearsed script.
You may marry Miss Grey for her fifteen pounds but you will always be my Willoughby. My nightmare. My sorrow. My past. My mistake. My regret. My love.
Silence is a lie that screams at the light.
When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.
Your most important “want” should be the one you can control!
Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.
Empowered Women 101: Happiness is something that you establish before a relationship. It is not the relationship that establishes it first.
The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.
Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.
Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?
Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.
True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.
Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.
Hope combined with action is the only thing that will bring you contentment.
Learning to let go is not giving up! It is simply passing the burden to a better fighter, so you can fight another day. (God)
God will bring the right person into your life at the right time. Always believe that! If they are not there, God isn't finished yet!
Spiritual pain is when you can’t stand another moment not knowing the real truth, and when you finally do know you can’t let go.
Faith requires following the power of a whisper.
God is perceived by the heart, not by your reason. But what is reason? Your heart simplifying God’s guidance to fit your own needs.
Sometimes, the scariest thing you will ever have to do is trust God to fight the battles you can no longer fight.
Regardless of your faith, you can never escape uncertainty.
God created philosophy for all the intellects that got bored of hearing the same bible stories every Sunday.
The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself.
Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!
Music is the beat of a drum that keeps time with our emotions.
Evil originates not in the absence of guilt; but in our effort to escape it.
The problem isn’t that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD!
Immorality is the word we use to describe people that are not sinning the same way we are.
If you haven't cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book, then you have to ask yourself if your're writing fiction.
Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her books.
Sometimes, God doesn’t send you into a battle to win it; he sends you to end it.
Insanity is everyone expecting you not to fall apart when you find out everything you believed in was a lie.
Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.
When the person you love can't see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they reject you, remember this: Love is blind.
Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another, "I want to know why!
Every journey taken always includes the path not taken, the detour through hell, the crossroads of indecision and the long way home.
When a man plays with your heart it is for one of two reasons: He knows he can or he is undecided.
Delusions are hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding insane people living in a backwards world.
Living a life of success is not the same as living a life of purpose.
Never pray to be a better slave when God is trying to get you out of your situation.
When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.
I praise the day I reach the end of my rope. That is the day true change can take place.