It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

We live in a country [USA] where the belief is that anyone can succeed, but for so many here, and for the majority of the world, that's not the case. In many parts of the world, women and poor people are at a huge disadvantage - certain rights and protections don't exist, and they don't have the chance of upward mobility.

It's been encouraging to hear the pope talking about climate change and take it away from being a political issue to being one of survival.

Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't have the luxury of being wasteful.

You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go.

Life doesn't always end up with a bow wrapped around it.

For instance, people who have to walk miles for water - and we just turn on the faucet and let it run. Or people right here in our country [USA] who are food insecure, and yet we as a nation throw out an inconceivable amount of food.