When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind, The power of Love flows forth.

You're not to wallow, but if you don't process your regrets, then they remain emotional underground toxins.

Imagine that anything is possible, and name the most amazing thing that could happen in 2013.

When I was a child, my society lifted me up - though education primarily, as well as through other kinds of cultural stimulation. It wasn't just my parents or my religious community. The entire society lifted me up to the bottom rung of the ladder. Then they said, "Girl, it's up to you whether or not you climb." I don't have a problem with that. I think that is the best way to go about living.

All things show up in the world according to the purposes we ascribe to them.

Healing works through a kind of detox: things have got to come up in order to be released. That is true of our personal issues, and also our collective issues. We can't just push the darkness down, pour pink paint over it and then pretend it's not there. We have to look at it, accept that it exists and then release it for healing.

Given how deeply the ways of war have penetrated our collective consciousness, it will take spiritual power to turn the issue around.