Well, I thought, last night I paid my dues. I faced death. Now I can stay.

There was a point when I was 15 or 16 that I realized that my father wanted me to be a loner. I decided, 'It's okay to be an introvert, but I don't want to be a loner. I want a few other people in my life.

Having their feelings make sense is how people get their kicks.

Put on all the armor of the Lord. Not just the pretty stuff.

With mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; you’re zooming in and zooming away from things that go from being too important to being not important at all.

As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers.

I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.