(I got) a lot of practice with “bench-pressing” my discomfort with uncertainty…I couldn’t make what I wanted happen, so there was nothing for me to do other than to practice being with the fear and anxiety...

One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind, to dissipate one's fears, to face one's doubts, to look at one's mistakes--in order...

“To be human is to live by sunlight and moonlight, with anxiety and delight, admitting limits and transcending them, falling down and rising up.” - Barbara Brown Taylor, Learning to Walk in the Dark...

“The high value put upon every minute of time, the idea of hurry-hurry as the most important objective of living, is unquestionably the most dangerous enemy of joy…. Seek out each day as many as possible...

​"A global awakening can only happen from a spiritual awakening that is of global proportions." -Matthew Fox, Original Blessing I don’t feel old, but I am old enough to remember the first whispered beginnings...

“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings while the dawn is still dark.” -Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies I’ve never been a morning person. It was sheer agony during my 25 years of classroom teaching...

“It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.” - Corita Kent ​There’s nothing unusual...

“I guess that’s why they call it the blues, Time on my hands could be time spent with you…” -Elton John This song has always made me laugh, because in my normal life, having time on my hands with no...