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.

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

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

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

Our desires teach us who we are and who we want to become. Our desires shape our stories.

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

History is what scholars and conquerors say happened; story is what it was like to live on the ground.