T.F. Hodge

“Making a dream into reality begins with what you have, not with what you are waiting on.”

“Each moment of worry, anxiety or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease.”

“To witness miracles unfold in your experience, count your blessings and be thankful. Perceived small blessings accumulate to be the most powerful.”

“Freedom is realizing you have a choice.”

“To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.”

“Fear is the lack of faith in one's ability to create powerful solutions.”

“For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose.”

“Life, for the living, is a gift of opportunity; an exercise of the will to choose.”

“Fully inhale your dream and completely exhale manifestation of it.”

“Life is short only if you are not living your purpose.”

“What you are, and who you are should provide greater clarity about where you have been and where you are headed. Although one distinguishes spiritual from physical nature, the ultimate unification of the two is the consequence of the struggle for internal, external and eternal – peace.”

“Not every instance requires a response. Truth resides silently in the seat of power.”

“One who will not accept solitude, stillness and quiet recurring moments...is caught up in the wilderness of addictions; far removed from an original state of being and awareness. This is 'dis-ease.”

“The path of peace is not a passive journey. It takes incredible strength not to open a can of 'whoop-ass', justifiably, when ones button is pushed.”

“Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts.”

“Hating skin color is contempt for God's divine creative imagination. Honoring it is appreciation for conscious, beautiful-love-inspired diversity.”

“It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title.”

“What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say.”

“Success is not determined by the outcome. The outcome is the result of having already decided that you are successful to begin with.”

“The Motto of Champions: If you are hurt, you can suck it up and press on. If injured, you can rebound and return bigger and better...and continue to inspire!”

“If the thought inspires you, and it feels good and right...it is yours, alone, to exercise. So get right on it!”

“Don't wish...DO! Don't try...BE! Don't think...KNOW! And above all: Bless a stranger with a small, yet powerful, random act of kindness. You feel me?”

“When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate.”

“Perception can be one-sided or variant: "Glass half empty or half full." There usually is more than one way of perceiving. Thoroughly check your inner dialogue.”

“Bravado may stir the crowd, but courage needs no audience.”

“Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first!”

“Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher.”

“From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom.”

“Betrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one!”

“There are two paths of which one may choose in the walk of life; one we are born with, and the one we consciously blaze. One is naturally true, while the other is a perceptive illusion. Choose wisely at each fork in the road.”

“You cannot build a dream on a foundation of sand. To weather the test of storms, it must be cemented in the heart with uncompromising conviction.”

“You do not get what you wish for, unless it be known to the source of your desire.”

“Your life experience is a moving picture, of which you are writer, director, performer, producer and critic.”

“I choose many voices to consider and reckon with, rather than just one to tolerate.”

“Though I think and speak of greater becoming, I, too, am an infinite work in progress.”

“Rulers are not anointed. They are created by the void of self-mastery.”

“If you wish to transform, pretend this day until it is so.”

“Solitude is the house of peace.”

“Though the earth contains greater energy and mass than any single being, linked together, "people make the world go-round".”

“Image is only temporal. Substance endures. Who said, "Image is everything"? And who believed it?”

“If you have a dream, keep it. But write it down and take appropriate actions to see it manifest.”

“Get busy with the issue! In this regard, time is not friendly…nor should it be.”

“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self...from within.”

“There is bound to be turbulence in the clouds of confusion before one can view the friendly skies, and an illuminated landing strip.”

“You may have the dark and cold street life, ruled by the lessor light of the moon. During this time I restore my temple, and later awake to greet the awesome radiance of the sun-star.”

“This path was not that of my conscious choosing. But after persistent subconscious confrontation, I have finally embraced what is, 'souly' for me...and I am thankful, when called upon, to be able to share and give to those who seek their own way of the path.”

“Divide the constant tide and random noisiness of energetic flow, with conscious recurring moments of empty mind, solitude, gratitude and deep...slow...breathing. Of this, the natural law of self-preservation demands.”

“Do not hate the player, nor the game...rule it!”

“Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician's karmic calamity.”

“Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth.”