Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say "yes" and not think too much about the consequences.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home.

Words can enhance experience, but they can also take so much away. We see an insect and at once we abstract certain characteristics and classify it - a fly. And in that very cognitive exercise, part of the wonder is gone. Once we have labeled the things around us we do not bother to look at them so carefully. Words are part of our rational selves, and to abandon them for a while is to give freer reign to our intuitive selves.

We can learn to suppress our feelings for other reasons.

A good mother is protective but not over-protective. She's patient, she's affectionate, she's playful, but above all she is supportive.