“There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.”Tagged: enjoy life, live in the moment, present, Future
“Sure, it may be one step forward and two steps back, but after a time with Parkinson's, I've learned that what is important is making that step count.”Tagged: Moving Forward, setbacks, Optimism
“You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.”Tagged: Suffering, silver lining, Opportunity
“The only unavailable choice was whether or not to have Parkinson's. Everything else was up to me.”Tagged: Choices, Destiny, Decisions
“Every failure I have considered my own, but every success has been shared.”Tagged: Failure, Success, Hard Work
“The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky. I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it's not just divinely assigned.”Tagged: purpose, Goals, Passion
“The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.”Tagged: opportunities, Success
“Life is good, and there's no reason to think it won't be--right up until the moment when everything explodes into a fireball of tiny, unrecognizable fragments, or it all goes skidding sideways, through the guardrail, over the embankment, and down the mountain. This will happen (and probably more…”Tagged: Optimism, enjoy life, Pessimism
“If you don't take the time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”Tagged: Hard Work, Success, Time
“What's happened before and what may happen later can't be as important as what's happening now.”Tagged: Past, present, Future
“I didn't take a single photograph while I was there, but that's not all that unusual for me [...] The act of lifting up the camera and positioning it between me and the object of my interest separates me from the experience.”Tagged: live in the moment, enjoy life, Experience
“Don’t spend a lot of time imagining the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will, and if by some fluke it does, you will have lived it twice.”Tagged: Pessimism, Optimism
“Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to become master of your own destiny, you have more to learn.”Tagged: Control, university, Education, Learning
“Pay attention to what's happening around you. Read the book before you see the movie.”Tagged: enjoy life, Books, Reading
“Remember, though you, alone, are responsible for your own happiness, its still okay to feel responsible for someone else's.”Tagged: Happiness, Friendship, Love
“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.”Tagged: Happiness, Acceptance, Expectations