To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

Ashley Smith earned this reward because her brave actions led directly to the apprehension of Brian Nichols, ... We are all proud of the quick law enforcement effort that peacefully resolved this crisis following her 9-1-1 call.

Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.

I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.