Maintaining the illusion that I am in control is futile, lonely, and in the long run more always costly than the effort is worth.

We must learn to give ourselves permission to blunder, to fail, and to make fools of ourselves every day for the rest of our lives. We do so in any case.

The only times that we can have what we long for are those moments when we stop grasping for it. At such times, all things are possible: "to a mind that is 'still' the whole universe surrenders".

You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)

Maintaining the illusion that I am in control is futile, lonely, and in the long run more always costly than the effort is worth.

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

Escape is not a dirty word. None of us can face what's happening head-on all of the time.