Category: Motivational

"To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk rejection. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in...

" Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is...

"your life is your life don't let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness. be on the watch. the gods will offer you chances. know them. take them. you can't beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there...

A Parent's Plea: Please Don't Help My Kids On Letting Children Learn Through Challenges One parent's plea to the other parents at the playground: please don't help my kids. Join the Conversation What's your approach to helping children develop independence? Share your thoughts and experiences on balancing safety with freedom.

In three words I can sum up everything that I learned about life, "It goes on." Life, what a wonderful thing! Copyright © 1999 Rachel Stephens