We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

One of the earliest religious disappointments in a young girl's life devolves upon her unanswered prayer for a horse.

An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.

one of my earliest joys as a parent lay in knowing that at the end of the day I had once again ushered three babies back to their beds, against the odds, unscathed and peaceful. Happiness was a houseful of safe, inert bodies. Actually, it still is.

We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.