Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.

The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.

We don't just get our choice; we get the consequence that choice creates.

We call it keeping up with the Joneses. They buy a boat and we buy a bigger one. They get a new TV and we get a big screen. They start a business and we start planning our articles of incorporation and the first stock release. And while we're so busy keeping up, we ignore our soul, the inner voice, that's telling us that it really wants to teach children to read. While it helps to identify with each other, we're not the same. So why compare ourselves on the basis of material things? Are you walking a path with heart in your own life, regardless of what others have?

Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Writing forces consciousness.