Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

We can no longer stand at the end of something we visualized in detail and plan backwards from that future. Instead we must stand at the beginning, clear in our mind, with a willingness to be involved in discovery... it asks that we participate rather than plan.

In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.

Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others