Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.

It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.

If anything matters, then everything matters.

Women, in general, will find it difficult to turn from a man and stop demanding that he meets their needs, provides security, and protects their identity, and return to me. Men, in general, find it very hard to turn from the works of their hands, their own quests for power and security and significance, and turn to me.

I think one of the greatest losses to humanity was the domination of women. I think every religious system has found ways to be kind to them in a kind of subordinate way. Very patronizing, very colonial. But if you start looking at the fabric of society, even religious systems, they would fall apart if it wasn't for the embedded ability of the women who are involved.

I am especially fond of you.