Everyone needs encouragement sometimes. These writings were penned out of my situations and thoughts. When I started sharing them with others, their comments on how they encouraged them were overwhelming. I was encouraged by so many to write a book. The more I thought about it, the more it became a reality to me. One day, as I was sharing some of the writings with a friend, as he was reading his facial expression changed, he looked at me and asked, "Why are you letting all this talent go to waste? Others can surely benefit from your writings." I took his encouragement to heart.