Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -Mother Teresa Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? -Thich Nhat Hanh If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look? -Abdul-Bah All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty. -Billy Graham Our lives improve only when we take chances --- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. -Walter Anderson