I asked God to help me understand the story of the forest and what it means to be a tree in that story.

We don't need as much as we have. Hardly any of us need as much money as we have. It's true what they say about the best things in life being free.

Fear isn’t only a guide to keep us safe; it’s also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life … the great stories go to those who don’t give in to fear.

...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to avoid serious issues and please myself, buy things for myself, feed myself, entertain myself, and all of that.