Heritage 100 Club

“Compared to many, my childhood was a cakewalk. Because your childhood beat you around and left you in pain doesn’t mean that you’ll continue the cycle. Let your hurt be the source of your greatest compassion, the deepest love and understanding. You can do anything. Walk through it, don’t numb or hide."

“I am able to control only that which I am aware of. That with I am unaware of controls me – Awareness empowers me.”

“Drug users believe they are taking drugs, when in fact the drugs are taking a little bit of them – every time. Don’t drug yourself down.”

“In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.”

“It has been said that ‘education is a tide that raises all boats’, but that is only a statement of potential, not a given. Data, facts, evidence and information can only ‘raise’ a person, if truth, understanding and wisdom are engaged and applied in the pursuit of best practice – The question then comes, who is defining and then determining ‘best practice’ for your developing child, and what place does substance use have in that pursuit?”

"Resiliency is like a bungee rope, it won't stop you from falling, but it will stop you from going 'splat'! Resilience helps you bounce back. It is managing complex issues of difficulty, duress, trauma or disappointment with, well developed problem solving skills, persistence of will, all founded on hope. Hope is not just the positive expectation of good, it's also the reasonable grounds for it - Weaving that bungee rope starts with your 'reasonable grounds' - What are they?"