Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, & the burdens of life can too.

You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love and a peaceful heart.

That kind of love - the kind you realize you already have by the life you've created together - that's the kind that lasts.

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.

Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins

There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.

Small towns are like metronomes; with the slightest flick, the beat changes.