Choose to be around people who make you better.

Choose to be around people who push you to do more, to be more.

Choose friends who accept you as you are, but encourage and ask you to meet your potential because they see in you what you don't see in yourself.

Don't limit yourself with your words.

I like words, not just stories and ideas, but words. Words have power to paint the deepest, most meaningful pictures. Words bring feelings, memories, and connections.

I ran on the beach yesterday. There is something absolutely magical about the ocean.

I love that she made me tell her the truth. I love that she was genuinely concerned. I love that a person whom I haven't been in touch with for so long wouldn't let me get away with platitude answers.

The trees that have deep roots can withstand the most trauma. Their strength doesn't lie in their trunk no matter how wide it might be or how many rings it has to show its age.

I don't want more difficulties and trials to come my way, but I am thankful when they do, they will continue to shape me and form me into something amazing as long as I sit back and let them.