Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish.

Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.

You can hurt more than you ever thought possible, then continue until you discover that hurting isn't that big a deal.

We can live as we were meant to live - simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and with pure happiness.

What we eat is a matter of life and death.

We all lose sometimes. We fail to get what we want. Friends and loved ones leave. We make a decision we regret. We try our hardest and come up short. It's not the losing that defines us. It's how we lose. It's what we do afterward.