Collette Y Anderson Williams

Today, someone wants to embrace you; someone is waiting to love you.

Oh, how quick and easily influenced we have become in relaxing our morals, values and ethics. Our subtle quests to pull down the old landmark that has nurtured us is detrimental. It is damaging - not only to us, but to our present generations and those to come. The benchmark was set in place to mold, guide and protect us - not to punish or to destroy us.

Be the heart that builds bridges - not walls.

Oh, new birth, where art thou! ? My heart awaits you. Come thou quickly, for my spirit threatens to fail me!

Being mentally enslaved is likened to being imprisoned by someone else's constant scrutiny.

Sometimes the journey is not meant for others to understand. Thus, they were never meant to take the trip with you.

You never truly know the capacity of your strength, until that very moment it is required of you.

No-one can read our thoughts, but if our words cannot be kind, then we should keep them to ourselves - this includes what we utter under our breaths.

To you, she may be nothing but a broken vessel; but that doesn't mean she's yours to fix.

A true friend is someone whose heart beats like yours.

Deception or betrayal leaves naught but a bitter taste in the mouth and a painful abyss in the soul of a man. But GOD...!

The sting of a friend is like poison to the veins.

Even in peril, there is power in your praise.

Trust your gut; don't question it: for it seldom ever lies. It sees truths beyond which you care to acknowledge. ~ Collette Y. Anderson Williams

You can't successfully start a new chapter of your life if you haven't finished the last. And although sometimes it's necessary to reflect on what has past, don't relive it; learn from it.

One of the biggest, most painful betrayals of trust is when friends and loved ones are silent about the hurts and pains they have knowledge of or have witnessed you going through. The abuse often renders the abused to lose his/her voice. If you care as much as you purport to, speak up for them. Call out the abuser. This will aid in the healing process. Let's break the cycle.

Success has an inner soul, and its greatest enemy is a distraction.

'True friendship that has been built on sound foundation is never threatened by distance.' ~ Collette Y. Anderson Williams

True friends cover you; they don't betray you. ~ Collette Y. Anderson Williams

Before you choose, consider or be certain it's worth it because life doesn't always lend itself to a redo. And not everything can be mended. ~ Collette Y. Anderson Williams

Trust is not a piece of cloth that can be easily mended. ~ Collette Y. Anderson Williams

The betrayal of a trusted friendship is a powerful lesson in forgiveness; and that storm teaches you to dance in the rain. ~ Collette Y. Anderson Williams

Every mistake made is a potential birth of wisdom.

Whether blooms or thorns, there is a lesson and a reason to give thanks.

Every mistake made is a potential birth of wisdom.

Be patient. Time has a way of revealing ugly truths and beautiful lies.

We despise what we don't understand. Choose to understand.

It is through adversity that the eyes are opened. Only then will you recognise the worth others see in you.

Those who truly love and care about you will not keep you in the shadows. Instead, they'll place you in the light and be your cheerleader.

True love never seeks to nor wants to run away from you. It chases you.

Darling, your standards will always be too high for some people, but don't you dare stoop to theirs.

Learn to be okay with not being anybody else's favourite person.

Your person will bring you peace - not chaos and support you in finding and accomplishing your purpose - not competing with you nor envying your successes.

Never trust anyone who chooses not to take a position. Such a person is a coward and a hypocrite.

Not everyone who enters your life is intended to stay in your life. Learn to respect the purpose for each season.

The lesson will repeat itself until you have learnt it.

Never shake hands with your toxic past, unless there is evidence of consistent transformation in the right direction.

Learn to embrace life's realities, but don't ever be victims of the circumstances.

There are wars that you must fight. Believe that God will adequately equip you for those conflicts. But, the battle is the Lord's.

Don't just sit there and wait for life to happen to you. And if you can't grasp the opportunities that present themselves, create the ones you want to effect change and make life happen.

True love means falling in love with the perfect imperfections of the object or person of your interest.

That emotional bruise can break you, but every pain has its purpose.

Kind, true hearts don't see colour; such hearts know how to love purely.

Your scars are a reflection of the paths you've trod; they don't determine your destiny.

As long as there is breath in us, there's no finality to success; it is an active process.

Learn to be okay with knowing that you might never be the one others will choose. Remember, you don't have to be everyone's cup of tea. After all, those who fancy coffee will choose you. But whether tea or coffee, know that it is well. Moreover, God favours you, so be content with that knowledge.

Only a fool would try to talk a bird out of his song.

Life is a series of lessons. Don't despise them; learn from them.

The mentality of being 'in it to win it' is greatly flawed. Better yet, the mindset of being in it to learn from it is empowering.

Forgiveness does not mean remaining in the very environment that's abusing you, whether the hurt is emotional, mental or physical.