Appreciate, Let purpose inspire action, Learn with humility, Go beyond .. all in Here & Now.

Twilight ...Say, who you are !!The dusk before the nightOr the dawn before the light(Page 73)

We are generally not programmed to imagine death, to handle death, to absorb grief, at least not in the immediacy of things, definitely not when the ‘thing’ has happened to another person.

Twilight …Not just a metaphorThe metaphor of the ‘spirit’The confluence of life and deathThe celestial dance of existential and essential(Page 75)

Bereavement, despair, ache, yearning happen to all. We all bear the pain of grief. We all take them in our own ways. And we are all blessed with the grace to transcend. (Page xii)

Lament invoked love.Woe invoked wonder.Grief invoked grace.Cry invoked celebration.(Page 80)

The Source …Who are YouWhere lay your pathWhy be on your journey...The Source …Your marvel amazesYour mystique invokesYour magnificence entrances(Page 88)

ParentNothing … No One Prepares a parent to raise the childNothing … No One Can ever prepare a parent to bear the loss of child

I came to understand the most intriguing irony of life, that the most intimate partner of life is death. (Page 94)

Death It does not happen to the dead aloneThose left behind, die tooIn parts that would never heal and come back to life(Page 14)

We make things happen be believing they will, " he once said to me. "We dream where we're headed, and one day, as if entering that dream, we arrive there".

Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and it has unquantified risks.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

Some people have everything Other people don't But everything don't mean a thing If it ain't the thing you want

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes.

The only way that a mother would go after her own children is if she's just completely gone and has no humanity.

The Point, not unlike the Communist Chinese, the ACLU abhors individual religious freedom, and it supports only those civil liberties that fit its narrow political agenda.

Without faith there can be no prayer, no matter how great our helplessness may be. Helplessness united with faith produces prayer.

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.