The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.

Embodiment means we no longer say, I had this experience; we say, I am this experience.

There is no place so AWAKE and ALIVE as the edge of becoming.

There is no place so awake and alive as the edge of becoming. But more than that, birthing the kind of woman who can authentically say, 'My soul is my own,' and then embody it in her life, her spirituality, and her community is worth the risk and hardship.

How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.