For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.

To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.

One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.

You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

The attempt to close the gap between what is known and what IS, is the temptation behind the apple in Genesis.