Even though it was a stressful time in my life, I have a lot of good memories from my Idol experience.
Animal totems, like the tiger, come from the Other Side to protect us while we are away from Home.
The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.
Animals are just pure, uncomplicated entities of creation from God. They live like the Maasai do in Kenya-for each day is forever to them and the "Now" is what they live in. You can get aggravated with your pets and yell at them, but in a matter of minutes they are licking your hand again in love.
I can assure you that those who have already passed have not only made it to the Other Side, but are in a state of bliss.
Your actions toward others are your bank deposit. It's easy to be good to nice people, but try to be caring to everyone. It is a test.
Look to what you have around you and be grateful, instead of searching for more. All you take with you when you leave this world is love, friendship, and good deeds.
Though the Americans can be fooled, as they have been, and they can be propagandized, as they have been. . . But, as Lincoln said, "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time. " And so hope lies in the fact that little by little, even if the American people can be fooled, even if they continue to be fooled in the 2004 presidential election, they will gradually learn, as they have learned - for instance, in the Vietnam War and turned against the Vietnam War.
Its very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids. . . youre not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure.
I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.
If we are meticulously careful with the use of the days, the years will take care of themselves.