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"I Dare You to Reach
Your Full Potential"
Debra Lake


“When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life,
those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair
into signs of hope.”
Henri Nouwen

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, but He shouts to us in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world”

C. S. Lewis.


"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, But in rising every time
we fall."
Confucius.


I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches.
If suffering alone taught,
all the world would be wise,
since everyone suffers.
To suffering must
be added mourning,
understanding, patience,
love, openness,
and a willingness to remain vulnerable.
~Anne Morrow Lindbergh


“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” --Albert Einstein


If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles, you would not be able to sit down for six months


Be the change you want to
see in the world.
~Mahatma Gandhi


Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead, where there is no path, and leave a trail....Ralph Waldo Emerson


"Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. Our world is hungry for genuinely changed people" (Leo Tolstoy).


Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear...
an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring...
all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~Leo Buscaglia


Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Jesus of Nazareth


There is in all visible things...a hidden wholeness.
~Thomas Merton


We often fear being rejected so very much that we reject
ourselves first before anyone else has the chance. 
Anon



Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
Audrey Hepburn



"To Embroden Yourself, Associate with Bold People."
Randy Gage


If I accept the sunshine
and warmth,
then I must also accept
the thunder and lightning.
-Kahlil Gibran


"I can do All things through
Christ which/who Strengthens/Empowers Me!"
Philippians 4:13




"Risk more than others think is safe.  Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical.  Expect more than others think is possible"




When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found.
Sufi Proverb



"It is wise to take care of your body, it is the only home it's got."


It is not necessary to deny another's reality
in order to affirm your own.
~Anne Wilson Schaef



"Going to Church makes you a Christian
Just as much as going to
McDonald's
makes you a hamburger."




"Are you Working to Live or
Living to Work?"


"If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life."

-- Billy Graham


Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth,
we transend it.
Once we truly know that life is difficult -
once we truly understand and accept it -
then life is no longer difficult.
Because once it is accepted,
the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
~M Scott Peck











"Debt is a prison best left as soon as possible"
Randy Gage










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Debra@YourFullPotential.Org


"If you do not invest in You, Why should anyone else?"
Randy Gage


































December 16, 2009

When we are the weakest God is the strongest if we only reach out and ask for His help. I am amazed by Whitney Houston and her story, it shares many similarities to mine. She is an over-comer, after being absent for 7 years she is back! She is not only back, but back better than ever.  God is using her and her gift He gave her to minister to so many who need messages of hope. The video below is called "I didn't know my own strength". It is off her new album, "I look to you". I bought it yesterday and love it! I share it here because the words minister to my soul. They touched me and reminded me that sometimes I don't know my own strength. Life moves forward and at times I feel like I am standing still.  When discouragement sets in and quitting looks easier than moving forward, I am reminded that God is not done with me yet. Life is not about being on the mountain tops, it is also knowing that it has valley times. Even with all that I know, I admit that I sometimes forget that and get depressed and question, what am I really doing with my life! The best is yet to come, I know it....I believe in my heart that I did not endure all that I endured to live small! So I continue to move forward knowing that it is Gods strength that gets me through. He never quits, even when I feel like it. Remember this Truth especially when the next valley time comes....they always do!!!





I Didn't Know My Own Strength Lyrics

Lost touch with my soul
I had no where to turn
I had no where to go
Lost sight of my dream,
Thought it would be the end of me
I thought I’d never make it through
I had no hope to hold on to,
I thought I would break

I didn’t know my own strength
And I crashed down, and I tumbled
But I did not crumble
I got through all the pain
I didn’t know my own strength
Survived my darkest hour
My faith kept me alive
I picked myself back up
Hold my head up high
I was not built to break
I didn’t know my own strength

Found hope in my heart,
I found the light to life
My way out of the dark
Found all that I need
Here inside of me
I thought I’d never find my way
I thought I’d never lift that weight
I thought I would break


I didn’t know my own strength
And I crashed down, and I tumbled
But I did not crumble
I got through all the pain
I didn’t know my own strength
Survived my darkest hour
My faith kept me alive
I picked myself back up
Hold my head up high
I was not built to break
I didn’t know my own strength

There were so many times I
Wondered how I’d get through the night I
Thought took all I could take

I didn’t know my own strength
And I crashed down, and I tumbled
But I did not crumble
I got through all the pain
I didn’t know my own strength
Survived my darkest hour
My faith kept me alive
I picked myself back up
Hold my head up high
I was not built to break
I didn’t know my own strength






Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth,
we transcend it.
Once we truly know that life is difficult -
once we truly understand and accept it -
then life is no longer difficult.
Because once it is accepted,
the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
~M Scott Peck