Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.

How does light enter a house? If the windows are open. How does light enter a human? If the door of love is open.

I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that’s hardly a surprise really, because for us each day is a dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Stop thinking about life and choose to live it

Believing that your parents are always right.

Believing that you can be sure of everything you've achieved.