It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.

There is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder.

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it means to be human, to have the darkness just as much as the light- that in fact the dark parts make the light visible; without them, the light would disappear. But I guess he has to figure other stuff out first, like how to keep his neck from flopping all over the place and how to sit up.

You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.

I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.