It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history.

I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now.

No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

I love living. I love that I'm alive to love my age. There are many people who went to bed just as I did yesterday evening and didn't wake this morning. I love and feel very blessed that I did. I love, too, that I know a little more today than I did yesterday, or I simply know it more profoundly.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.