When you find the church you're supposed to be in, you will recognize the pastor’s voice as an important spiritual authority in your life.

You know things are moving. You're changing, you fellow Dead are changing, the world is ready for something miraculous. What are we waiting for?

Do you always try to upset the world as much as possible?" Clare asked.He gave her a surprised look. "Of course. Otherwise how does anything change?

You may not be able to change the world for the better, but the world is able to change you for the worst, don't give them the rock you stand on.

It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me.

But sometimes everything needs to change. And once it does, you realize God knew what He was doing all along. You realize that nothing is beyond Him.

I live by three simple words: compassion, love and gratitude. We need to act on these three words daily. Doing so will irrevocably change your world.

Things won't change until we do. We need to stop looking for a change aside from ourselves. We try to place the blame on everyone and everything.

Your ultimate reason for staying in this crooked world is not to imitate its devastating physique, but trying do something about its ugly appearance.

I want to change. I want to be able to say "I love you" to someone. I want to be able to say I love myself...And mean it from the bottom of my heart.

Life had called his name, and without thinking, he had stepped forward. He wondered if perhaps he was becoming the person he had always wanted to be.

But everything changes. To deny change is to deny life. And the present moment contains miracles. Including an ability to see and receive the new.

Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.

Teenagers can spot hypocrisy a mile away and here I was telling them how to cope when they witnessed the shambles of my own life and how I was living.

Yet hopefully things are different now, and I'm moving on to something better rather than attempting to suck more out of the same stale situation.