I'm not sure where I heard it or why I believed it but when I was in my mid-twenties, a few words changed my approach to and experience of prayer. The words were these: 'Every thought you think is a prayer. Every word you speak is a prayer. Every act in which you engage is a prayer, because the Spirit of God lives in you.' Now, how awesome is that?

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

Trying to prove something to someone is never a valid reason for doing anything.

All of us have ways in which we mask and cover our pain.

Your eyes will adjust to the level of deficiency

What do you do when it seems as if people want to stay in their pain. They have a story to tell and they tell you every chance they get. Well, believe it or not, they may like where they are. Our job is to leave them there. You can point the way out of pain, but you cannot force them to get out. You can support the move beyond their limitations, but you cannot make the move for them.

The way we do one thing is the way we do everything.