Left to it's own devices, writing is like weather. It has a drama, a form, a force to it that shapes the day. Just as good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche. There is something very right about simply letting yourself write. And the way to do that is to begin, to begin where you are.

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

I am a gate for God to accomplish great things. Through me and with me, new Life enters the world.

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

The opposite of Prosperity is not poverty. It is anxiety.

As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in the particular, that we contact the creative self. Art lies in the moment of encounter: we meet our truth and we meet ourselves; we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression .

Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt more spiritual, everyone else felt more spiritual as well. (276)