Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.

According to some Eastern religion, there is a belt that goes across the world, and I've heard that Minnesota is right in the heart of this spiritual-creative belt of energy.

He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he says the acts are the same. p 19 I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19

...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.

We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.

If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.

Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.