The translucence that comes when life hardens into a bead of such cruel perfection you see it with the purest clarity. Everything suddenly there--life as it truly is, enormous, appalling, devastating. You see the great sinkholes it makes in people and the harrowing lengths to which love will go to fill them.

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

We have to acknowledge sometimes that this moment is enough. This place is enough. I am enough.

You gotta imagine what's never been.

Most people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about.

The most significant gifts are the ones most easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings: woods, health, music, laughter, memories, books, family, friends, second chances, warm fireplaces, and all the footprints scattered throughout our days.

I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I Am,' or divine spark within the soul.