“It’s the private victories that matter most and are felt the deepest and last the longest. It’s the internal triumphs that aren’t recorded on scoreboards or broadcast on the eleven o’clock news that define who we are. Ollin is what determines success in our lives, instead of the conventional measure of winning and losing. With that as a definition of …

“Gratitude opens our heart to allow love to move through us.” Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’ This week I am celebrating! Celebrating 24 weeks of writing and sharing my newsletter. (Did you know that all past issues can be read here on my website?) Celebrating an award announcement for a project I have been working on for years. …

“True strength comes from love that produces gentleness, which in turn creates miracles.” Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens‘ All week I have been thinking about gentleness and how it ties to love and kindness. Every time I have tried to sit down and write something about it, I have come up blank. It may be because I am …

“Success is how we live every day, every moment. It is our ability to love, be passionately engaged. It is being willing to sacrifice for what we love, be caring, teachable and share what we learn and minister to others. It’s how we live every day, not what we accomplish.” Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’ In my grade …

“When you allow yourself to be loved, that love transforms you. When you love something or someone, your love transforms it or them. When you love someone or something, you begin to see it more clearly. When you see something more clearly and it is light, you fall in love with it.” Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’ In …