Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Carrying the past in to the present, we program the future to continue the past. Letting go the past in the present, we free the future to be something else.

There will be no peace in the world until there is peace in our hearts.

Of course, a woman's choice to go out into the world is a very significant thing. But part of real liberation is recognizing that mothering is every bit as important as other kinds of work. I actually believe it's more important than anything we do out in the world.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one the other disappears.