To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.

Most of us have developed a fairly extensive vocabulary for describing pain, as though the journal were a doctor requiring much detail to make the correct diagnosis. The roundness of the spiritual journey cannot be expressed without developing an equally extensive vocabulary for talking to ourselves and others about the nature of wonder, joy, ecstasy, love, transfiguration.

Writing makes a map, and there is something about a journey that begs to have its passage marked.

Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

With compassion, we see benevolently our own human condition and the condition of our fellow beings. We drop prejudice. We withhold judgment.

When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.

How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality.