Write as if your parents are dead.

Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.

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.

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.

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.

This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.