If you haven’t gotten a chance to read my last blog, here it is and take some time to read the comments. You readers nearly made me cry. You’ve been through some amazingly difficult situations, and yet you still cling to hope and faith. You are so inspiring to me.

Since we’ve been talking about change, I want to share with you some quick quotes. Keep them in your pocket for those rainy days.

“Change your thoughts, and you change your world.” Norman Vincent Peale

“Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.” Greg Anderson

“Life is overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.” Eileen Caddy

“Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.” Arthur Christopher Benson

“All things arise, Suffer change, And pass away. This is their nature. When you know this, Nothing perturbs you, Nothing hurts you. You become still. It is easy.” Ashtavakra Gita 11:1

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