It takes courage to step outside your comfort zone and do something different. When you’ve settled into a certain way of life, into a certain pattern, the idea of doing something unique can be a little scary. There’s always that urge to keep doing what feels comfortable, to never venture outside of your box. After all, what will others say about your ideas or your creations? But where is the life in never being different, in never being creative? It is our uniqueness that makes us who we are, it is our creativity that sets us apart from every other…

Sometimes it feels like you can’t win for losing. That everything you do fails miserably, that your successes are never known, never praised. Sometimes it feels like nothing ever goes right, that you don’t get those things in life that seem so important. And then you look around you and see people who are always happy and successful. They are more popular than you, more talented, and have more opportunities to let those talents shine. They will always be there – people who have better cameras, newer computers, better jobs; people who are more popular, more successful, and more talented….