No te enfoques en lo que no has podido lograr o en lo que queda por hacer. Enfócate en lo que si has podido lograr.

Cada paso que se da es importante. Cada esfuerzo que se hace tiene y efecto positivo, por pequeño que sea. Y eso es lo que importa.

RULES

The truth is, everyone breaks the rules now and then.
Never thinking for one second they might get caught.
But if they do, they simply ask for forgiveness.
And most of the time, they receive it.
But some acts are so wicked, they demand only our condemnation.
How do people avoid such a fate? Well the trick is knowing which rules are made to be broken and which rules are not.

DH

FAITH

Faith is a belief in something that cannot be proven.
So we trust in the words of the only father we've ever known.
We believe the promises of the man who shares our bed.
We rely on the example of dear friends Who help us to be better people.
Yes, we all want to believe in those we are closest to, but where there is doubt, our faith begins to vanish and fear rushes in to take its place.

DH

THE TORNADO

It was supposed to be a beautiful day.
But then the winds came and changed everything and not just the houses and the lawns.
The people had changed, too.
While the storm had raged, each of them had learned something about friendship and forgiveness and redemption.
And some had learned the hardest lesson of all, that life is always fragile and very often unfair.

DH

THE PAST

We think of the past as water under the bridge.
A current that carries away the mistakes of our youth.
The loves we lost.
The addictions we gave into.
The opportunities we threw away.
But sooner or later, reminders drift back into our lives of the mistakes we made and the sins we committed.

Yes, the mistakes of our past have a way of drifting back into our lives.
And when they do we have to pay for them.

The past is never truly behind us.
Ghosts lurk in the shadows, eager to remind us of the choices we made.
But if we look back, we might find an old friend with open arms or an old enemy with a hidden agenda.
Some of us refuse to look back, never understanding that by denying the past we are condemned to repeat It.

DH

DECEPTION

You find it in all the best homes.
Why do people resort to deception?
Because it's a handy tool that helps get us exactly what we're looking for.

DH

DON'T BE SCARED

There is much to be afraid of in this world, but what we fear has nothing to do with gruesome masks or plastic spiders or lifelike monsters.
No, it's the thoughts in our head that terrify us the most.
What if he comes to regret his decision?
What if he really is unhappy?
What if the chance for love has passed forever?
How do we conquer these terrifying thoughts? We start by reminding ourselves what does not kill us just makes us stronger.

DH