"The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God, if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think." Maya Angelou

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” Michael Cunningham

"Allow space and grace for detours but do not change the vision" Dyana Marie

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.  The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ~ William Ellery Channing