And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.

Emotions talked to you before you had words, so listen to them ... they are often more honest than the mind's remarkable ability to self deceive.

But, enough of that for now. Let’s get lost again in the starry night.

Love is not the limitation; love is the flying.

You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.

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

City and country -- each has its own beauty and its own pain. Some of the smallness of small towns -- cattiness, everybody knowing everybody's business -- that can be challenging. And cities can be challenging, because no one can connect except electronically.