When you see that the light filtering through the clouds is also in you, you’ll know: you can’t lose what’s inside. You can’t lose who you are. So, let your light shine. Be the sun in someone else’s storm. It’s part of why you’re here.

World peace just won't happen until we grow inner peace on an individual level. One person at a time. If you want to start building a better, kinder world from the inside out, here are four small ways to spread peace every single day. It's the best place to start.

Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher. Read these quotes if you're ready to turn your pain into power, your mistakes into lessons, your doubt into hope. Remember, you can move past what you think your life is supposed to look like, and into the life that's waiting for you.

Losing a loved one teaches you some things… things you’d rather have learned another way, but here you are anyway. You learn that life goes on even while you wish you could pause and press rewind. You find love, even after everything. And it carries you and you do what you can. Mostly, you learn that it’s still your turn to live.

Need a little more flow and freedom? Tell yourself these things instead. That kind of *productive* self-talk will help you break down the walls, forgive yourself and grow forward from this place. You'll feel lighter.

A book can be a friend, a teacher, and a fountain of inspiration. Whatever it is you’re seeking, here are some of my favorite inspirational books to help you live the way you want to live. From one bookworm to another, enjoy.

The first way to move beyond the block of feeling stuck is to believe you have options. You do have options. This very moment, there’s an opportunity to choose another path, to believe in another way. Have the courage to greet this opportunity, or the next, with a hopeful heart, and have faith in the possibilities that have yet to manifest.

What if forgiveness changed the past, how you see it in your mind and how you feel about it in your heart? What if it changed the future, by changing how you lived right now? Read these forgiveness quotes if you're ready to move forward with a greater focus on how *you* live.

Meditation doesn’t have to be as mysterious, time consuming, or impossible as it sometimes seems. Here’s a practical meditation for beginners that’ll help you calm down when you need it most. It only takes 16 seconds. You can do that.

If the falling leaves were our teachers, I bet they'd have some important lessons to share. Use your imagination and read this if you could use an extra dose of wonder and inspiration today.