Sufficiency isn't two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn't a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn't an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.

We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.

Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.

If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.

Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use their creativity and people who don’t. Unused creativity doesn’t just disappear. It lives within us until it’s expressed, neglected to death, or suffocated by resentment and fear.