If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

It has been my experience that presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis.

Most people have come to prefer certain of lifes experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may come wrapped in plain and even ugly paper. In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness

I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues, until I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them down, to take them out of their experience of sadness and grief. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.

We are all born to be a blessing.

Being safe is about being seen and heard and allowed to be who you are and to speak your truth.