We can be the one to take the first courageous step toward the other and to do something or to try to do something other than rejection or attack. We can do this with our siblings and our mates and our friends and our colleagues. We can do this with the disconnection and the discord all around us.

If we want liberation, we must rewrite the Sleeping Beauty myth. No one is coming and no one else is to blame.

It is such a teaching in itself for us, all of us, every moment when we're with anyone.

When we descend all the way down to the bottom of loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain, we can bring back up with us the sweetness of life and the exhilaration of inner growth. When there is nothing left to lose, we find the true self - the self that is whole, the self that is enough, the self that no longer looks to others for definition, or completion, or anything but companionship on the journey.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

I would say to women, always question what you're empowering yourself for and what are you claiming power for.

If I pull from places of faith, joy and gratitude, then I have the wind of creativity behind me. And, my work in the world is much more effective.