Truth is a nebulous thing. There are certain, definite truths, but the truth of our lives goes far beyond facts.

Most of us get our history through story.

As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound.

...animals don't escape from somewhere but from something

The individual soul touches upon the world soul like a well reaches for the water table. That which sustains the universe beyond thought and language, and that which is at the core of us and struggles for expression, is the same thing. The finite within the infinite, the infinite within the finite.

It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.