If it wasn’t for Mom and Dad, you wouldn’t be reading this now. Every day you wake up is a gift from them. This is why it is incumbent upon you to never forget the debt you owe to each of them.

And for those of you who are parents, don’t keep telling your kids that.

Angels are real, and they can be anywhere.
Whether you sense it or not, one is around you right now.

There will be a positive outcome to all the difficult and hard times you are going through.

Just as a woman about to give birth goes through labor pains before the coming of a new life, so are all your troubles very painful for you; they are in anticipation of the redemption to come.

That is the way of childbirth, and that is the way of life. Your mother suffered before she gave birth to you, and after those pains you came into the world. The anguish you are enduring has its purpose, as it will bring new life to your world – or the world to come.

Deep down we admire honesty. Yet we all can succumb to dishonesty, especially under enormous pressure. So if someone owns up to being deceitful, forgive them if they are truly contrite.

Though difficult, it is essential to your well being not to be taken in by the delusions of others. Even more so not to be taken in by your own. That’s when your soul is most pure.