I have noticed if I pull from fear or despair about the state of the world, I get tired, ineffective, afraid and sometimes mean-spirited.

The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power

...approach change with an understanding of the process and an openness to the pain.

We don't need any more teachers. We don't. We need friends.

We have little control over the outer weather patterns as we make our way through the landscape of a life. But we can become masters of the inner landscape. We can use what happens on the outside to change the way we function on the inside.

Talking to each other instead of talking about each other is not some kind of nicey-nice (ph) idea. It's the difference between societies falling apart and societies getting something wonderful done.

I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.