Emilie Richards

“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” ​ – Christine Caine

“Over the course of my lifetime, books have helped me know that I’m not alone, even when I’m at my loneliest.” ​ – Oprah Winfrey

“Even if you can’t just snap your fingers and make a dream come true, you can travel in the direction of your dream, every single day, and you can shorten the distance between the two of you.” -Douglas Pagels​

“Imagine if we all walked into the world with the belief that each person was inherently worthy. Imagine if our goal was to help each other recognize that we are worthy of being loved. Imagine if we sought to listen more than we spoke,” – Fred Rogers

What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly…

“To go out there and prove what I can do has taught me a lot about who I am. We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give.” ​ – Simone Biles

“Hurt people hurt others. But, luckily, healed people heal others. Safe people, shelter others. Free spirits, free others. Enlightened people, illuminate others. And LOVE always wins. So, shine your light of love on all you may cross your path in life, because what you do matters.” ~Unknown

“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” ​ – Mary Lou Retton

Hate begets hate. Violence begets violence. Neither hate nor violence has a place in a life well lived. All around us we see the consequences of both, including last night’s shooting of former president Donald Trump. We can’t change the world, but we can examine our own hearts and commit ourselves to love. Together we…

Jackie Chan responded to a journalist’s question about whether he is satisfied with his life with these wise words: “You know, I once heard very wise words: Your hard work is the dream of every unemployed person; Your restless child is the dream of everyone without children; Your small home is the dream of every…