Every once in a while, during our climb up the mountain of Life, we slip and tumble back down a bit. We lie there hurt, frustrated and wondering if we can ever get up as high as we were before.

Well, if we just lie there, we’ll never kno

Even the mightiest of oaks starts as the tiniest of acorns. Neither one is greater than the other; they're just merely different forms of the same thing. And yet, we often look around our lives and see things from only today's perspective. We look up at the oak, but down at the acorn. Sometimes we fail to realize that it's really the acorn that makes all the difference.

Hope is one of those things that shows up in the oddest places; at the oddest times. It can be found where you would imagine only despair to reign… and it can be missing from places where you think it would be in abundance.

Some of us think of ignorance as a terrible thing; shaking our jaded heads at those who seem oblivious to the world. We think “they’ll learn” and even feel a little bit of self-satisfaction when they stumble.

It's easy to fail... just do nothing. Better yet, make up an excuse. You know, there's always a million reasons why it can't be done, so pick one. Then you can just settle down to an unfulfilling life.

Of course, if you want something better than that, you're going to have to give up something to get something. Your excuses.

William Shakespeare once wrote "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

There are going to be times in your life when those players come and those players go. It's up to you to direct the show, known as your life, if you ever expect to see a happy ending.

Not the way I want to live

Left without answers.

Perception is NOT Reality.

My husband abuses alcohol and tobacco and I'm concerned...

This is my first Valentines with "Kevin" after breaking up with "Jason." I'm excited, but scared.