The ordinary stories of our ordinary lives have extraordinary gifts coded within them. . .

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.

Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves.

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it's to grow the soul.

Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive.

Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

The roadblocks to growth and joy come when we forget the bigness of God & instead make people bigger than He is.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous...

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

Introspection is a devouring monster. You have to feed it with much material, much experience, many people, many places, many loves, many creations, and then it ceases feeding on you.

I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions and traumatic events that come with being alive.

Everything is going to be fine.” I hate it when people say that, people who have absolutely no idea of what’s coming next. They turn you into an idiot for even asking.

There are things we can't control - like the wins and the losses.

A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.

I am a great admirer of women.