I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.
The voices of fear are so loud today. The voices of love should never shout, but neither should they whisper - not at a time like this.
We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.
Darkness is merely the absence of light, and fear is merely the absence of love. If we want to be rid of fear, we cannot fight it but must replace it with love.
The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or shape of the lamp; it only matters that the lamp is plugged in. With every prayer, every thought of forgiveness, every meditation, every act of love, we plug in. The more of us who plug in, to more the darkness of the world will be cast from our midst. Today, let's all increase love's wattage!
"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.
Happiness is the choice I make today. It does not rest on my circumstances, but on my frame of mind. . . In cultivating the habits of happiness, I attract the people and situations that match its frequency. I smile more often, give praise more often, give thanks more often, and am glad more often. For such is my choice today.
How Obama approaches judicial selection - and how Republicans respond - now becomes an important story and will remain so until the Senate shuts down judicial confirmations, probably in the summer of 2016 if Senate custom in presidential-election years is followed.
Immigrants have been coming here for a long time. The Americans that are afraid of others coming were immigrants once themselves, so they have a lot of nerve. We have a lot of nerve as a country. The only people that should have xenophobia are Native Americans. Everyone else should shut up.
Accept diversity and don't take any crap.
Did I help you toward a fate you didn't want, Alaska, or did I just assist in your willful self-destruction?