Author: Anne

Don't ask yourself at the end of the day if you did everything right.  Ask yourself how well you loved and then grow from your answer.  Repeat for a lifetime.Quote by L. R. KnostL.R. Knost is an award-winning author, feminist, and social justice activist. She is the founder and director of the children’s rights advocacy and family consulting group, Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources, and Editor-in-Chief of Holistic Parenting Magazine. REFLECTION:How well did you love yesterday...today?Were you more focused on what you did right?  On what you accomplished?How can you be more loving today?

Ceiling found in exhibit at Chiluly Garden and Glass Seattle, Washington "Glass ceilings can't stop me.  Glass slippers don't interest me.  Glass mirrors don't define me.  I decide who I will or I will not be.  And I choose to be :  UNBREAKABLE! UNTAKEABLE! UNSHAKEABLE!  ME."Quote by L. R. KnostREFLECTION:What defines you?Have you decided who you will and will not be?Who is that?What will make you unbreakable, untakeable, and  unshakeable?Try that on!!

The value of fairy tales lies not in a brief literary escape from reality, but in the gift of hope that goodness truly is more powerful than evil and that even the darkest reality can lead to a Happily Ever After.  Do not take that gift of hope lightly.  It has the power to conquer despair in the midst of sorrow, to light the darkness in the valleys of life, to whisper "One more time" in the face of failure. Quote by L. R. KnostREFLECTION:Do you have hope?Where is the light to be found?What is whispering "one more time" despite fear of failure?