Whatever else you do, listen to your Deepest Self. Love Her and be true to Her, speak Her truth, always.

Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.

What matters is giving over to what you love.

I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away.

You put his brain in a bird, the bird would fly backwards" -Secret Life of the Bees

People in general would rather die than forgive. It's THAT hard. If God said in plain language. "I'm giving you a choice, forgive or die," a lot of people would go ahead and order their coffin.

The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, ‘I hope you’ll hear what I’m about to tell you. I hope you’ll hear it all the way down to your toes. When you’re waiting, you’re not doing nothing. You’re doing the most important something there is. You’re allowing your soul to grow up. If you can’t be still and wait, you can’t become what God created you to be.