"I have learned that every blessing doesn't come to stay. Every relationship wasn't meant to last. Every friend is not going to be a life long friend. God will send people into your life for a season, because you needed that at that time; BUT, if they walk away, don't stand there at the tomb of what used to be and cry over what was. If you had needed them for the future, they would have stayed. All that left me couldn't stay, and all that stayed couldn't leave. To God be the glory for the things HE has done!"-TDJ

"You might be too outgoing or too shy in their eyes, but guess what? You've got the perfect personality for the heart that's meant to love you. You might be too black, too white, too brown, in their eyes, but you're the perfect color for the heart that is meant to love you. You might be too big or too small, in their eyes, but you are the perfect size for the heart that is meant to love you."-Trent Shelton

"You're beautiful because God said so, and that's all the confirmation that you need. I said this before, and I'll say it again—There will always be something about you that's not right to a person who is not right for you."-Trent Shelton

"Great it is to dream the dream when you stand in youth by the starry stream...but a greater thing is to fight life through, and say at the end, the dream is true."-John Osteen

"The first step to being unhappy in life—I learned this a long time ago—the first step to being unhappy in life is trying to please everybody else."-Trent Shelton

"To find real happiness in your relationships, you need to have the courage to live a life true to yourself, not the life others expect/expected of you. Married, engaged, with a significant other, whatever... you MUST stay true to YOU. Living for others is a pathway to resentment, regret, and a life unfulfilled."-Charles J. Orlando

"Why do women overlook great guys and *choose* the wrong guys all the time? Because they get stuck in the negative pattern of being treated badly as either: 1) Exciting; 2) The way it is; or 3) Familiar/comfortable. Most don't believe they are worthy of a Nice Guy... and so they manifest what they DO think they are worth. Bottom line: The right guy can try and try... but if you can't hear him or see him as desirable because he is calm and without drama... you will pass him up every time. Re-frame your worth and you re-frame your reality."-Charles J. Orlando

"The double standards of *some* men: If she argues with him, she's looking for a fight; but if she's quiet, he'll say she doesn't care. If she calls him, she's too clingy; but if he calls her, she should drop what she's doing and be happy he called at all. If she doesn't love him, he'll try to win her; but when she does love him, he'll take her for granted. If she doesn't sleep with him in the first few dates, she's a tease; but if she does, she's a slut. If she tells him her problems, he'll tell her to stop bitching about everything; but if she doesn't, he'll say she doesn't trust him. If she offers him advice, she's a nag or a know-it-all; but if he offers her advice, it's because "he cares". If she breaks a promise, he'll never trust her again; but if he breaks one, it's because he had no choice and she needs to be more understanding. If she cheats, it's over; but if he cheats, it was just a mistake and she has to give him another chance."-Charles J. Orlando

"I want you to stop spending so much time, in the mirror, judging yourself, critiquing yourself, bashing yourself—and I want you to start spending the rest of your days loving and appreciating yourself."-Trent Shelton

"The woman who is content with where God has her in life, who is content in her singleness, is not vulnerable to the emotional persuasion of foolish men who wander through her life. But the woman who doesn’t trust God’s goodness, who doesn’t wait on God’s timing, or is controlled by feelings of incompleteness without a man in her life – that woman ignores red flags, lowers her standards, justifies a lack of godliness, and in the end gets hurt by the very man she wanted to love her."-GGW

"Sometimes, for whatever reasons, we fall into "serial relationships" or "serial marriages" trying to fill needs that only God can fill. Sometimes, we fall into these things because of co-dependency, enabling, and a whole host of other unhealthy behavior patterns. It is usually not until we "bottom out" and spend time alone getting healed up and whole do we ever realize how emotionally unhealthy we were."-DL

"A brand new day has been given! Don't fill it with bitterness, guilt, or regret! Start afresh and be thankful!"-TDJ