Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.

Compassionate people are boundaried people.

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.

You’ll also wonder how you can feel so brave and so afraid at the same time.

MOTHER LOVE IS THE FUEL THAT ENABLES A NORMAL HUMAN BEING TO DO IMPOSSIBLE.HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

they were forbidden words, laced with the fear of transgression and sin.

Nobody likes the "A" word, but everyone ages. You can have an aging in place master suite that looks like a resort hotel, rather than a rehab hospital room.

Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty

I did not need to know if he could love me. I needed to know if he could need me.

My parents insisted that we should always be respectful, never forget where we come from and that we are part of the challenges facing our people

I like Hitler, jolly jolly Hitler.

All our Western thought is founded on this repulsive pretence that pain is the proper price of any good thing.

My Poor Dad Often Said, 'I'd Rather Be Happy Than Rich.' My Rich Dad Said, 'Why Not Be Both?'

The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.