Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.

Imagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea. Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink. Is the glass part full or part empty? Take another sip. And now?

Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright.

The pyramid shape is said to hold many secrets and amazing properties. One of them is a sense of wonder.

The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.

I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you repeat it but in how you remember it, goslings. More often than you realize it, the world is shaped by two things -- stories told and the memories they leave behind.