At the deepest level, the creative process and the healing process arise from a single source. When you are an artist, you are a healer; a wordless trust of the same mystery is the foundation of your work and its integrity.

When people are blessed they discover that their lives matter, that there is something in them worthy of blessing.

Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will over it, no matter how well intentioned our will may be. Befriending life is more about harmlessness than it is about control.

We may need to let go of our beliefs and ideas about life in order to have life.

Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge.

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen.

I have no idea about what death is, but because I have been in association with it so intimately, I have a much greater sense of the value of life and of what life can be.