Karen Johnson:  

Karen is from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Karen's schools include Kelly Walsh High School. Karen later attended Oklahoma Christian University (French, Psychology, Sociology) . Karen's interests include Running. Music Karen likes includes Elton John, Loreena McKennitt, J.S.Bach. Books Karen likes include Calvin and Hobbes, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains. Movies Karen likes include Amadeus, Chariots of Fire, The Sound Of Music. TV shows Karen likes include The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Star Trek: The Next Generation. One of Karen's favorite quotes is:""Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day left to dawn. The sun is but a morning star." ~ Thoreau "When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves". ~Victor Frankl "Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be." ~ Thomas à Kempis "We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs”. ~ Francois Fenelon "Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light."  ~ Brené Brown "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" ~ Mary Oliver "If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility." ~  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are”. ~ Joseph Campbell "Here is the major life question: Does our experience create our identity ... or does our identity create our experience?" ~ Steve Backlund "Le doute n'est pas une condition agréable, mais la certitude est absurde". ~ Voltaire [Doubt is uncomfortable ... but certainty is absurd] "As far as we as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkn...Expand for more