People have the natural capacity to affirm and embrace life in the most difficult of circumstances.

Fear is the friction in all transitions.

Ours is not a culture that respects the sick, the old or the vulnerable. We strive for independence, competence, and mastery. In embracing such 'frontier' values, we may become intolerant of human wholeness, contemptuous of anything in ourselves, and in others, that has needs or is capable of suffering. The denial of a vulnerability is the ultimate barrier to compassion.

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

Deep inside, our integrity sings to us whether we are listening or not. It is a note that only we can hear. Eventually, when life makes us ready to listen, it will help us to find our way home.

There should be a word that means beginning/end because nothing begins without something dying.

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