I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.

Learning to endure, transform by perspective or action, and be grateful is the fast lane to a good life. That's right. Having great luck and fortune is not the conduit to a loving and enjoyable life; gratitude is.

There are probably more internet hate sites about me than Charles Manson.

In the end analysis, all we have is who we are and the way we have lived our lives.

My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.

Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are. By using bad language, we diminish the divine spark within us that defines our humanity.

Victimization status is the modern promised land of absolution from personal responsibility.