Dr. Joy's Blog

  "Be authentic. Don't try to be someone you aren't. You'll hate yourself for it and the effort to maintain the facade will exhaust you. Be real! Many won't like the real you but that's better than having people adore the person that isn't you at all."    -- Larry Winget 

  "Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up."    -- Jesse Jackson   

  "Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own."    -- Robert Tew 

  "If you're gonna make a change... operate from a new belief that says life happens not to me but for me."    -- Tony Robbins   

  "Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good."    -- Ann Lande

  "Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love."    -- Miguel Angel Ruiz 

"The best way out is always through." -- Robert Frost  Stay encouraged!

  "We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."    -- Sam Keen 

"Because sometimes you have to step outside of the person you've been, and remember the person you were meant to be, the person you wanted to be, the person you are."    -- H.G. Wells

"What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?"    -- Robert H. Schuller 

  "As I learned to accept myself, I began to relate to people on a deeper level and saw that everyone comes with their own pains and struggles. I learned to appreciate them for their flaws as much as their strengths, which in turn helped me to accept myself more."    -- Amyra Mah   

  "Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of strength, but there are times in life when it takes much more strength just to let go."    -- Ann Landers

  "What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality."    -- Daniel Webster   

  "If we counted our blessings instead of our money, we would all be rich."    -- Linda Poindexter 

  "Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."    -- Rabindranath Tagore