No matter what we feel or know, no matter what our potential gifts or talents, only action brings them to life. Those of us who only think we understand concepts such as commitment, courage, and love, one day discover that we only know when we act; doing becomes understanding.

Before you can see the Light, you have to deal with the darkness.

Surrender means accepting this moment, this body, and this life with open arms. Surrender involves getting out of your own way and living in accord with a higher will, expressed as the wisdom of the heart. Far more than passive acceptance, surrender uses every challenge as a means of spiritual growth and expanded awareness.

When you become fully responisble for your life, you can become fully human; once you become human, you may discover what it mens to be a warrior.

A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does

I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.

People love miracle stories and dramatic moments of transcendence or transformation, and may then pursue their own dramatic "awakenings."