Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don't need to show me thier badges. I know these guys very well.

I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what is that thing? And how are we to relate to it in a way that will not make us lose our minds, but, in fact, might actually keep us sane?

Sometimes out hearts are broken so new light can get in.

You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year.

This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don't have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down.

[Italian men] are like show poodles. Sometimes they look so good I want to applaud.

That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole.