Mindset is everything, be positive in all situations, know it will all work out for you and that you are unstoppable, and nothing is ever bad, it’s how you perceive it, moments only impact you as you let them, and even the worst moments you can look back on seeing how it helped make you…

My… Words To Our Youth would be: Keep an open and inquisitive mind, so as to explore the World around you!  You may just find yourself in the middle of nowhere on a deserted, isolated beach in Baja on a moonless night, standing in ankle deep warm water with tiny, gentle, brilliant white waves of…

Dare to… I say, “Dare to Discipline”. Dare to take your body, mind and soul, and discipline them to achieve a new excellence within yourself. Dare to set goals beyond your hopes and imaginations. Dare to run the extra distance, lift the extra repetition, ride the added miles, swim the extra laps. Dare to keep…

For Our Youth… You may intend to zig, but life will make you zag! It’s important to go with the flow and roll with the punches — keep your light shining and things will work themselves out! At the age of 16…I was one of 9000+ people in the world with a very rare disease…

For Our Youth… I waited until I was 50 to become an artist. If I have advice to give, it would be to my much younger self. Don’t be afraid to follow your ideas! If something makes you curious or the thought occurs, “what would happen if…,” pursue it!!!! You may change careers often. You…

Words For Our Youth… All living, soulful organisms on Earth have a sense of curiosity. Curiosity is the energy that is moving people to study our world and beyond in more detail, so as to understand more about the nature and interconnections that do exist. We are curious about our nearby planets and the stars…

Words For Our Youth… This photograph was made in Alviso, gateway to San Jose—the first capital of the golden state of California! Beyond the doorway lies the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Doors are rich in symbolism, both as an exit from one place (or circumstance) and an entrance to another. In this…

Words For Our Youth… In school, grades are based primarily on individual performance, but once you graduate from school, your success or failure will almost certainly be based on the performance of a team. This is because almost everything worth doing requires the complete attention of a group of people, all bringing different skills, different…