Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

Love is never convenient-and rarely painless

Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

As a boy I heard this story in church. A man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding off. As he neared the edge of the roof he prayed, "Save me, Lord, and I'll go to church every Sunday, I'll give up drinking, I'll be the best man this city has ever known." As he finished his prayer, a nail snagged onto his overalls and saved him. The man looked up to the sky and shouted, "Never mind, God. I took care of it myself." How true of us.

I'm a humble guy, okay?