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

So be gentle with yourself; show yourself the same kindness and patience you might show a young child - the child you once were. If you won’t be your own friend, who will be? If, when playing an opponent, you are also opposing yourself, you will be outnumbered.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

You get no more and no less than what you believe you deserve.

If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.

As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, "We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water." Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes to this: Just do it. How much simpler can we get?

You have to lose your mind in order to regain your senses.