Rather than chairs and tables, I preferred the ground, trees, and caves, for in those places I felt I could lean against the cheek of God.

We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.

Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate and their pack. Yet both have been hounded, harassed and falsely imputed to be devouring and devious, overly aggressive, of less value than those who are their detractors.

At bottom is the best soil to sow and grow something new again. In that sense, hitting bottom, while extremely painful, is also the sowing ground.

When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.

Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen.

All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for. If we are lucky, we return to help those still trapped below.