We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love?' These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will be many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

If you believe you are the beloved of God, you need to spend time listening to his voice - period! You can't say, "Yes God calls me the beloved, but I have to go out to do something now."

To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now.

For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.

When we give generously, with an abundance mentality, what we give away will multiply.

In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.