When you approach spirituality as an adventure of being alive, you start as you would any adventure--with a sense of mystery and not-knowing. Instead of searching for answers that make you feel safe, you set out into the vastness of life and death, with a willingness to continually grow. You open up to the possibility that your ordinary life is an extraordinary adventure, and that your joys and sorrows have meaning. Spiritual practice becomes your rudder, offering direction and insight and discretion as you venture into the unknown.

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

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

It's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirirt.

I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.

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.

When women hear each other's stories, told from the heart, it gives us inspiration to keep on going.