My journal is my life's companion.

Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience.

Story is the mother of us all. First we wrap our lives in language and then we act on who we say we are. We proceed from the word into the world and make a world based on our stories.

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it's to grow the soul.

Meaning drives us from despair to wonder, from confusion to clarity, from hesitance to confidence. And the only place to find meaning is in the importance of small things.

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

in writing we live life twice: once in the experience, and again in recording and reflecting upon our experience.