I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.

Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

You do understand," she continued, "that unless I had an object to love -- or, more accurately, a someone to love -- if I did not have such a relationship within myself, then I would not be capable of love at all? You would have a god who could not love. Or maybe worse, you would have a god who, when he chose, could love only as a limitation of his nature.

I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.

You don't play a game or color a picture with a child to show your superiority. Rather, you choose to limit yourself so as to facilitate and honor that relationship.

If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.