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

Grief can be a slow ache that never seems to stop rising, yet as we grieve, those we love mysteriously become more and more a part of who we are.

We need to meet, embrace and work with what we're given. For what we want and what we're given often serve two different gods. And how we respond to their meeting determines our path.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

At the heart of each spiritual tradition is the question of how to be in the world without losing what matters, and whether living an awakened life is of any use if we don't bring what matters to bear on the world.

I looked a hundred times and all I saw was dust. The sun broke through and flecks of gold filled the air.

We think that accomplishing things will complete us, when it is experiencing life that will.