Growth of the soul is our goal, and there are many ways to encourage that growth, such as through love, nature, healing our wounds, forgiveness, and service. The soul grows well when giving and receiving love. I nourish my soul daily by loving others and being vulnerable to their love. Love is, after all, a verb, an action word, not a noun.

Most research is a synthesis of problem solving and creativity.

Busy is an opportunity, not a dirty word.

True peacefulness comes from abandoning the illustion that satisfying desires brings pleasure.

The stereotype of aging as a progressive loss of function is generally true only for people who stop functioning.

Unpredictability is closely related to uncontrollability.

Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.