“Mediocrity takes many forms...excellence only one!”

“Last year a baby orca and its mother wandered too far upriver from the ocean; we saw the story in The Oregonian. They didn’t know how to get back home. Pater said all the fuss from people and boaters and news helicopters was probably confusing them more. He didn’t say he thought they’d never find their way back, but I know that’s what he was thinking. In my mind, I like to think they submerged so no one could see them under all that deep blue, popping up again when they were safely out to sea.”

“Sometimes taking a first step is the biggest and most important journey of them all.”

“Others see obstacles; I see opportunities.”

“It's never too late to reinvent yourself.”

“...I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.”

“What could possibly go wrong?”