(1) Making the right choice isn't usually the comfortable one immediately, but it does pave the way for long-term contentment.
(2) Whenever you think you're exhausted, there are always a few more drops in the energy well to drink and a few more steps you can squeeze out of yourself.
(3) Listen to family and friends. They know you and care for your ultimate happiness; and they have insights that you usually lack from being in the thick of situations.
(4) Wisdom is often the whisper you can't hear until you turn off the loudest voices in your ear.
(5) There is life after heartbreak -- and not just life, but abundant life! :)
(6) We can learn things we never would have been able to about ourselves by welcoming into our home a needy animal who's looking to love and be loved.
(7) Sleep is the most underestimated tactic for preventing and curing illness.
(8) It is in setting boundaries that we actually find freedom.
(9) Even after nine years of living on my own, there's still no place like home.
(10) Desiderata. 'Nuff said.
(11) Be willing to reconsider attitudes and values that have (consciously and unconsciously) shaped you to this point.
(12) It is so important to know and defend your worth in every moment it may be questioned. Do not stay silent.
(13) Life is short. Speak up. Fight for justice. Believe in your dreams. Chase them into reality. Pave a path for others to follow.
(14) Live as if everything could change next breath. It's much harder to take it all for granted.