Book Excerpt Of The Week, "Patti's Pearls" By: Patti LaBelle

"The ability to live fully in the moment- in the time and place we are right now- is one of the greatest secrets I know of living joyfully. Because once you grasp it, freedom is very close. You stop worrying about the past and stressing out about the future. Enjoying life- not agonizing about what happened yesterday or worrying about what might happen tomorrow- becomes your priority. Your days become a gift, not a grind...Life is in session.

We can't choose how we're going to die, or when. But we can choose how we're going to live. I understand that fear of the future is a waste of the present. That if you look back too much, you'll soon be heading that way. Because if we fill our hours with regrets of yesterday and with worries of tomorrow, we have no today in which to be happy. And that today is a precious gift, that's why they call it the present." -From, "Patti's Pearls" By: Patti LaBelle