A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.

...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.

He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.

A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.

There was other stuff, too, like how something can be so much more than the parts it took to make it, and why people need things around them that lift them above their lives and make them feel the miracle of living.

Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.

It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.