I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.

...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.

Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see," you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.

I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.

When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual.

Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a moment of real feeling or insight, and then we come up with a folk saying that captures the insight in a kind of wash. The intuition may be real and ripe, fresh with possibilities, but the folk saying is guaranteed to be a cliche, stale and self-contained.

Feeding a baby is like filling a hole with putty - you get it in and then you sort of shave off all the excess around the hole and get it back in, like you're spackling.