So we must love, while these moments are still called today, take part in the pain of this passion play, stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust, until time makes history of us.

I see people whose spirits are not broken, who continue to work for justice. That makes me feel alive, when I witness their work, and then I witness some of their dreams come to fruition.

I give it up to women who have the power to keep their spirit alive under very difficult circumstances.

Love is pure and kind and forgiving. It is the greatest gift of all.

We must love while these moments are still called today.

You set up your place in my thoughts, moved in and made my thinking crowded.

I pray as part of my mindfulness practice and try to recount my day, all my triumphs and foibles, before I go to sleep at night. These practices keep me calm for the most part.