I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?'

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.

Remember to play after every storm.

God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.