If you have fathered a child, if you have given birth, if sex is a source of healthy pleasure, thank your pelvis and your reproductive organs for allowing you to feel the creative rhythms of life.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting the eternal life force that is flowing within us-letting that force lead the way through all of the inevitable changes we will face across the span of our time here on Earth.

Rumi called his teacher "the friend." And that's what we need. We need friends.

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

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

But grief is also a tonic. It is a healing elixir, made of tears that lubricate the heart.