Jack is tall and kind and don't hardly say anything. Love children. Respect his wife, Odessa, and all Odessa amazon sisters. Anything she want to take on, he right there. Never talking much, though. That's the main thing. And then I remember one time he touch me. And it felt like his fingers had eyes. Felt like he knew me all over, but he just touch my arm up near the shoulder.

I wish I could be traveling with her, but thank God she able to do it. Sometimes I feel mad at her. Feel like I could scratch her hair right off her head. But then I think, Shug got a right to live too. She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.

I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.

Love overlooks a person's faults. That's not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.

You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one of the two ways. You can ignore what you now know to be true and keep burying that bitterness in your life, pushing it deeper and allowing it to poison and contaminate you and those around you. Or you can make a much better choice by getting it out in the open and asking God to help you to totally forgive and let it all go.

When we don't forgive, we're not hurting the other person. We're not hurting the company that did us wrong. We're not hurting God. We're only hurting ourselves.

If you want to build lifelong, loyal friendships, if you want to build trust, learn to protect your family members and friends even when they make mistakes.

If you're going to be an eagle, if you're going to soar, you can't go back to the dead things in your life that will poison you. Too many people are feeding off what didn't work out, reliving the disappointments, the failures, the bad breaks.

You can't stop the offense from coming, but you can keep it from getting down in you. How much time are you spending offended, bitter, holding on to a grudge? How much more could you accomplish if you would start letting things go?

The fact is, we grow in difficult times. That's when character is developed. ... Growth comes when you have to overlook an insult, forgive a wrong, and do the right thing even when the wrong thing is happening.

When someone hurts you, does you wrong, if you keep thinking about it, then you're letting them continue to hurt you. Don't give them your power. You have to let it go and give it to God.

You have to accept that some people are not going to be for you and that's okay. You don't need them to fulfill your destiny. Your job is to guard your heart. Don't let the offense, the bitterness, the poison get in. You do your part and God will do His part.