What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

When we stop playing God, God can play through us.

The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly.

Writing is like listening to a melody line in my head. Note by note, it knows where it wants to go. I follow it and lay it down. I can pare it, shape it, and polish it later...My job is to take down the dribs and drabs - to free-associate, if you will, knowing that the associations have their own plans for where we're going with all this.

Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well.

If we are forever yearning for more time, we are forever discounting what is offered.