Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. We blunder along, shredded by our mistakes, bludgeoned by our faults. Not having a clue where the dark path leads us. But on the whole, we stumble along bravely, don't you think?

How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.

It's essential that we understand that taking care of the planet will be done as we take care of ourselves. You know that you can't really make much of a difference in things until you change yourself.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.