“ Life is better in the presence of health, wealth, and the resultant happiness, but inner joy cannot be based solely upon calming life’s waters.”

“ When you sincerely follow the Scriptural precepts of Godliness, the leading of the Holy Spirit, and open yourself to correction, you have done your best to establish the first foundation to inner joy.”

“ God’s joy is in watching His children live in His world and growing in overcoming the temptations and obstacles of this world.”

“ God has overcome, perfected Himself, and knows the temptations and trials of His world. He desires every heart to be His companion in the journey of life.”

“ Life is a process, not a destination, and joy should be our constant companion and state in the journey of life.”

“ Observe like God, and hold that Christ consciousness of being in, but not of the world,”

“ Life is imperfect, people are imperfect, random circumstances collide with the beautiful order we have created and damage that desired perfection. Let reality and circumstances be what they are, and feel their imperfection. Allow each moment to be its own teaching lesson and experience of being in God’s creation.”

“ Happiness depends upon what is happening, joy is the state of appreciating the underlying flow and reality of being a creature in God’s creation.”

“ The foundation of change is truly/actually feeling and understanding how/why the other person was affected by our words and actions.”

“ When the reality of one’s own actions is seen/felt/heard as having a deep effect on another person, it is possible to develop the personal motivation to make changes in thought, speech, and action.”

“ In the process of listening to and being understood, the goal is to identify the right behavior, the Godly thoughts, speech, and action that each person should adopt and act. A full, habitual, automatic, never-miss change in behavior is unlikely. Most changes take time, trials, attempts, reminders, learning new behaviors, and developing consistency and automaticity.”

“ People follow their animal instincts naturally, but animal instincts do not give us a clue as to the proper moderation of those appetites.”