An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.

Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar things in new ways. When we find new eyes, the unsuspected blessing in work we have done for many years may take us completely by surprise. We can see life in many ways: with the eye, with the mind, with the intuition. But perhaps it is only those who speak the language of meaning, who have remembered how to see with the heart, that life is ever deeply known or served.

Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.

I think that people get experiences, and out of those experiences come meaning and ideas. It's like watching a rose bush grow.

Before every session, I take a moment to remember my humanity. There is no experience that this man has that I cannot share with him, no fear that I cannot understand, no suffering that I cannot care about, because I too am human. No matter how deep his wound, he does not need to be ashamed in front of me. I too am vulnerable. And because of this, I am enough. Whatever his story, he no longer needs to be alone with it. This is what will allow his healing to begin. (Carl Rogers)

When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity for wholeness.

The sacred lives beyond labels and judgment, in the wood-of-no-names.