Love itself is not an act of will, but sometimes I need the force of my volition to break with my habitual responses and pass along the love already here.

'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.

There is no place love is not.

True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.

Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.

Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced.