Being alive is being aware, being able to be touched and moved and changed, being able to respond rather than to react, being able to see and hear.

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

The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

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

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

If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives.

Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack of respect. Our vitality is rooted in our integrity. When we do not live in one piece, our life force becomes divided. Becoming separated from our authentic values may weaken us.