Listening reminds me how precious it is to be here at all. And so, listening is the first step to peace, both inner peace and the compassion that connects people.

Keeping a commitment to listening has led me to my own growth, beyond any imagined dreams I may have had throughout the years.

The greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.

I've learned that loving your self requires a courage unlike any other. It requires us to believe in and stay loyal to something no one else can see that keeps us in the world - our own self worth.

Try as we do to resist what we're given, this is the only doorway to truth. We waste too much time and energy denying or fighting where we find ourselves.

Living is the original art. As a young man I wanted to be a poet and I learned along the way that I already was a poet.

Birds learn how to fly, never knowing where flight will take them.