Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the craziness of the world?" Nothing." Ketut laughed, but with a dose of kindness. "This is nature of world. This is destiny. Worry about your craziness only-make you in peace.

I am a better person when I have less on my plate.

I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God. You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light.

Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight.

Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life.