Prayer is essentially about making the heart strong so that fear cannot penetrate there.
I played football for a huge portion of my life, all the way through college actually.
The universe is in the habit of making beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts of great courage, laughter between friends, a job well done, the smell of fresh baked bread. Beauty is everywhere.
Awe is the beginning of wisdom. Awe is the beginning of education.
Animals teach us about the animals in ourselves. We need their spirits.
The whole purpose of letting pain be pain is this: to let go of pain. By entering into it, we see that we are strong enough and capable enough to move through it. We find out that it ultimately has a gift for us.