Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.

Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and accurate, we will generally know how to get there. If the map is false and inaccurate, we generally will be lost.

When we love something it is of value to us, and when something is of value to us we spend time with it, time enjoying it and time taking care of it.

We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.

God wants us to become himself or herself or itself. We are growing toward Godhood. God is the goal of evolution.

True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.

What people get admired and appreciated for in community are their soft skills: their sense of humor and timing, their ability to listen, their courage and honesty, their capacity for empathy.