Don't quit even after the miracle happens. There might be more than one miracle. Or you might miss a deeper miracle you can’t yet see.

Comparison is the thief of joy, President Theodore Roosevelt said. We are all in this world for something greater than self, some holy mission, an assignment, a calling that is yours and yours alone. Your whole life belongs to that mission, even the parts you don’t always love or like.

God doesn’t want fake praise and phony prayers.

You don’t have to take a giant leap or complete a five-year plan or an Excel spreadsheet. Just take the next right step.

Cancer is a big wake-up call. Once you get it, you don’t go back to sleepwalking through life. You say “Yes!” to life — the good, the bad, the ugly, to all of it. You love life as is, with no conditions, with no complaints.

When you stay centered on what really matters, your relationship with a God who loves you unconditionally, your entire life becomes a prayer. And a joy.

You don’t have to have supernatural powers to be a saint or to be martyred. It doesn’t mean you are above being human. It means you are fully human and also connected to the Divine being that you truly are, that we all are.

You don't need to wait for a birthday or a New Year to give yourself a clean slate. Every day is the day to start from scratch creating the person you want to be and the life you want to live.

Try to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. Repeat affirmations. Stop and ask yourself often, “Do you want to be happy?” Then act like it. Think like it. Think thoughts of gratitude, kindness and love. Create a one word thought replacer, or a thought interrupter to jolt you back to You, like “banana split.” If you’re really stuck, focus your attention on how to be of service to help someone else.

Many of us pray without ceasing, but maybe we need to stop and simply say, “Thank you.”

Your monkey mind will get muddy and noisy and churn out all sorts of nonsense, but your soul will give you perfect clarity and peace if you will train yourself to listen to it.

Every week, set aside one hour just for you. Make it your own personal pleasure cruise. Take an hour of beauty and go to the art museum. Take an hour of calm and listen to your favorite music. Take an hour of nature to soak up the sun, the rain, the stars.

The secret of life is celebrating what already is, right here, right now, and loving it all.

I used to be late for everything. Then I realized how selfish and self-centered my behavior was to those waiting for me. When you’re constantly late, people see you as rude and disrespectful — and you are!

Magnify the good. In your boss. In your spouse. In your kids. In the cancer verdict you just got. In the pregnancy test that came back positive or negative.

The results of what I do are none my business. My business is simply to do my best, then release the results and move on to the next assignment.

Monica Turoczy was a human sparkler. In her brief life, she taught me to Carry As You Climb so we can all rise.

No book should feel like homework and book clubs shouldn’t feel like you’re back in Language Arts class with a term paper due on Monday.

Life is short. So many books; so little time. What are your rules for reading? Here are Regina's, starting with Number 1: No boring books.

Libraries matter. You can meet Einstein, Gandhi, Sojourner Truth, Shakespeare and August Wilson there. Ralph Waldo Emerson called the library The People’s University. It is the only free university for all. No tuition, no fees no entrance exam.