For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.

I try not to think in terms of good and bad but more in terms of helpful or unhelpful in regards to specific moral codes and goals.

I am still learning and experiencing things and feel like I cannot state a truth. So I guess one truth I know for sure is that I cannot state one. A paradox.

What is truth? I think stating a truth could be dangerous, because we are locking something in and therefore making it harder for ourselves to change beyond that certain thought or concept.

Knowing that a paradox is required for life as we know it to exist allows me to give up trying constantly to understand it and instead just feel it and enjoy it.

Sometimes we can't help the way we feel, but we can mostly choose how we respond to it.

I try to make sure I have a helpful perspective so when emotional pain comes up, it doesn't get out of hand.

It's difficult to change, because I have to admit that I have been previously living in a less compassionate and loving way. Sometimes we just want to be right instead of fully conscious.

Passion overcomes obstacles.

I told her running away from your problems doesn't solve anything. Really it just hurts the people who count on you.

May you find a new path in your travel.

Perhaps as writers, we too should embrace the concept of wabi-sabi:

To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckily and make a fall.

Teaching and writing have tended to proceed on parallel lines, but there have been times when there was indeed carry-over from the classroom to the creative work.

I always tell people that I was fortunate I was able to come in with a group of men. We didn't come into the game with a group of boys. We were young then. So your cats keep you in check.

Feelings are not everything! There is very little absolute truth in life.

To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.

It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky.

God can have our money and not have our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having our money.