I always knew I was a hit record just waiting to happen.

If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.

Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.

[People] might have a different word for the yearning of the heart and the yearning of the spirit that is looking for what I call "God," it still is the same thing. It is the heart's yearning to know the origin of its mystery. It's a heart's yearning to know the power of the divine in each of our lives. It's a heart's yearning to be connected to that.

I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.

Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.