If I dare to hear you I will feel you like the sun And grow in your direction.

No bird can fly without opening its wings, and no one can love without exposing their hearts.

Whatever difficulty you face, there are time-tried ways you can listen your way through. Because listening is the doorway to everything that matters. It enlivens the heart the way breathing enlivens the lungs. We listen to awaken our heart. We do this to stay vital and alive.

Before we can count we are taught to be grateful for what others do. As we are broken open by our experience, we begin to be grateful for what is, and if we live long enough and deep enough and authentically enough, gratitude becomes a way of life.

We are love. But in an everyday setting we have to make choices. We have limits. We can love everyone and we can't love everyone.

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

I was raised Jewish by atheistic-agnostic parents. During this journey, I had people from all walks and all faiths try to help. A Jewish priest who I was friends with wanted to lay hands on me - I didn't ask questions about how - I just said when and where and how often do you want to do it? I didn't argue.