Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone elses perspective.

When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay.

Our moods and insights are transitory. This current is a flow of grace moving us to our right livelihood, companions, destiny.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.