In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.

If your eyes were open to all the beauty in the world, you would be overwhelmed with joy.

The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain.

On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you an entirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready.

Family... a group experience of love and support.

A failure remains a failure only if we refuse to learn from it. Any situation that teaches us greater humility, sobriety, wisdom about self and others, responsibility, forgiveness, depth of reflection, and better decision making -\-\teaching us what's truly important-\-\is not an ultimate failure. Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.

There is a current mythology in our culture that anytime we meet someone and have that "enchanted evening" experience, that experience of looking into the eyes of the other and falling hopelessly in love - that this is nothing more than a delusion; a mutual projection, a fantasy that will only last until reality sets in.