Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

There is nothing we need be afraid to say before the Lord.

If I'm not free to fail, I'm not free to take risks and everything in life that's worth doing involves a willingness to take a risk.

Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life.