People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that's not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more.

You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one who was hit. Even the Lord's Prayer says it loud and clear: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Not others. What Jesus challenges us to do is to let go of the wrong done to you personally, not the wrong done to someone else. But most Christians incorrectly assume that this means that being a good christian means forgiving all sins, and the sinners.

I want to live," he said, "So I have to die.

I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry.

You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss

People change, but only if you give them room to do it.

Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.