A life that is truly lived is constantly burning away the veils of illusion, gradually revealing the essence of the individual.

To love unconditionally requires no contracts, bargains or agreements.

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

Storytelling is at the heart of life... In finding our own story, we assemble all the parts of ourselves. Whatever kind of mess we have made of it, we can somehow see the totality of who we are and recognize how our blunderings are related. We can own what we did and value who we are, not because of the outcome but because of the soul story that propelled us.

Most of us are dragged toward wholeness.

The mystery of God touches us - or does not - in the smallest details: giving a strawberry, with love; receiving a touch, with love; sharing the snapdragon red of an autumn sunset, with love.

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.