It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbJDnnP4B2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZPpyRNnf2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way. Our culture does not encourage us to undertake that attunement. Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqXFHOBgUKt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

You are the love of my life. I cannot believe you said yes to a man like me. Seriously, I count my blessings every day that I wake up next to you. I hope you have an amazing birthday. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVvaX1g1WS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTJPT9gSPI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQoUTaAT_u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The survival of the fittest is the ageless law of nature, but the fittest are rarely the strong. The fittest are those endowed with the qualifications for adaptation, the ability to accept the inevitable and conform to the unavoidable, to harmonize with existing or changing conditions. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMsg6StFkz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

As I think back and look forward, I see how nothing is unambiguous; nothing is without risk. Salvation does not come through simplicities. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqHZJlcN1cv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

As I think back and look forward, I see how nothing is unambiguous; nothing is without risk. Salvation does not come through simplicities. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqFhP-bOrDv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqCbGDUN5dy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I'm going to do something that even the Devil won't do. I'm going to leave you alone. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBI1JFgTmH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_UquAvZZ_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect! #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7lrwCAqW7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m not out to compete with any one, I’m here to complete, by encouraging and inspiring souls through a post at a time. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4HfjDuIFw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0gDR5PuW9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. Thank You for all the BDay love. I appreciate all of you’ll efforts. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvBD3vg-qR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It’s My Birthday. Thank You Supreme Being for showing your Mercy and Power in my Life. I’m humbled by the opportunity to live. #AsYouWere https://www.instagram.com/p/CprXxsKMBNb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=