Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world.

It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey.

It's your time to live, don't mess it up.

Our earlier lives aren't wrong, they are just pre-construction. Our lives are meant to unfold, to evolve, and that's good. The only wrong thing, perhaps, is permanently hesitating on the verge of courage, which would prevent this process from taking place.

Standing there, I loved myself and I hated myself. That's what the black Mary did to me, made me feel my glory and my shame at the same time.

A spiritual pilgrim needs to discern when his or her life is stunted in an old field and find the courage and determination to go to a "new land" that the Lord will show. (Abraham-Journey) ...so that you can find the wholeness you seek.

When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others.