Originality will be rewarded in any line.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Though I’m tempted by the call of the sea, I resist. It can’t claim me.In a way I’m stronger than the waves and I feel good about that.

...I stood there, inexpressibly grateful that my life, for all its terrors, is so filled with moments of grace.

The longer a thing is to take doing, the more reason to begin at once

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.

If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

I practice yoga nidra to support my mental health and clear my mind space.

Effective process is not bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is senseless process.

See challenges vs. roadblocks.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

A related recurring theme is the exploration of how we take for granted the things in our immediate environment that are common and ordinary. Existential blindness, of sorts.