An abusive relationship should be easy to identify though often one of the most difficult to end.

To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.

If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations.

I often accompanied my father. I really liked riding with him on his bicycle on Saturdays. He was very fond of fishing. I don’t think I liked fishing. I mean, you had to sit quietly and still, but I enjoyed the ride. And it was fun, it was fun. I mean, as I say, you didn’t go around lugging a deep sense of resentment. We knew, yes, we were deprived. It wasn’t the same thing for white kids, but it was as full a life as you could make it. I mean, we made toys for ourselves with wires, making cars, and you really were exploding with joy!

We get most upset with those we love because they are close to us and we know that they are aware of our weaknesses. . . If only we could learn to live with our inadequacies, our frailties, our vulnerabilities, we would not need to try so hard to push away those who really know us.

Our lives are a response to a love that we already have received.

God is trying to woo us into a love affair with God.