Repetition is not failure. Ask the waves, ask the leaves, ask the wind.

Intuitive listening requires us to still our minds until the beauty of things older than our minds can find us.

Truth is a seed hidden in the days until watered by what life brings us.

The things that can restore us have to get in, too. This is what the wisdom of an open heart is all about. All the spiritual traditions speak of this but I love the Tibetan tradition: "A spiritual warrior always has a crack in his heart because that is how the mysteries can get in."

Joy in what we do is not an added feature; it is a sign of deep health.

For listening to the stories of others ... is a kind of water that breaks the fever of our isolation. If we listen closely enough, we are soothed into remembering our common name.

Water reflects everything it encounters. This is so commonplace that we think water is blue, when in fact it has no color.... But the water, the glorious water everywhere, has taught me that we are more than what we reflect or love. This is the work of compassion: to embrace everything clearly without imposing who we are and without losing who we are.