Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

It doesn't matter who you have hurt, if you've learned not to hurt again. It doesn't matter what mistakes you've made as long as you don't make them again. As long as you learn, as long as you're willing to take your life in your hands, and kiss it and go from there. Then there is growth. There there is life!

There is only the moment. The now. Only what you are experiencing at this second is real.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self - a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change - the willful act of making the change, doing something.

One must never be satisfied with his ability to love. No matter where he is, it is always just a beginning.

To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees, I grew up as a part of his garden.