What I Know for Sure

What I know for sure is that whatever your situation is right now, you have played a major role in creating it. With every experience, you build your life, thought by thought, choice by choice. And beneath each of those thoughts and choices lies your deepest intention. That's why, before I make any decision, I ask myself one critical question: What is my real intention?

Live so that at the end of each day, you can say, "I did my very best".

If life teaches you nothing else, know this: When you get the chance, go for it.

Dream big - very big. Work hard - very hard. And after you've done all you can, fully surrender to the Power.

Move in the direction of your goal with all the force and verve you can muster - and then let go, releasing your plan to the Power that's bigger than yourself and allowing your dream to unfold as its own masterpiece.

You start to notice moments of what some people call serendipity but I like to call marvelisms. Because when I'm doing everything I'm meant to do to keep my mind, body, and spirit whole, I constantly marvel at how other experiences fall into place.

And if you have no life to live for yourself, then why are you here?

I know for sure that taking care of your body, no matter what, is an investment, and the return is priceless.

Every Sunday, I would go to church, sit second pew to the right, take out a notepad, and write down everything the minister said. At school the next day, I would recite the sermon on the playground. I called it Monday-morning devotion. The other 8-year-olds would see me coming and say, "Here comes that preacher".

The truth is that the naysayers in your life can never be fully satisfied. Whether you hide or shine, they'll always feel threatened because they don't believe they are enough. So stop paying attention to them. Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are ignoring the owner's manual your Creator gave you. What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. To be more splendid. To be more extraordinary.