Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.

Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.

If we can believe in the Gnostic gospel of Thomas, old Uncle Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don't bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth can destroy you.

Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.

Left to my own devices, my first inclination is to mess in other people's lives. I secretly believe my whole family, and really the whole world, is my responsibility.

I realized I was going to get through this disappointing service, and anyway, you have to be somewhere: better here, where I have heard truth spoken so often, than, say, at the DMV, or home alone, orbiting my own mind. And it's good to be out where others can see you, so you can't be your ghastly spoiled self. It forces you to act slightly more elegantly, and this improves your thoughts, and thereby the world.