Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.

The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away.

The stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being here on this scary planet, during these scary times, as vulnerable as kittens, having lost so many people I couldn't live without.

butterflies were wind energy made visible.

Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these are probably the best possible conditions under which to pray.) Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.

Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.

It's better to be kind than to be right.