Till your inner garden and your outer landscape will flourish

Sometimes we have to break down to break through.

At chaos’ core lies the invitation.

If you want it badly enough, it’s yours.

Our lives follow the stories we tell ourselves.

New insights from being present are a gift.

Stay open. You may find your tribe where you least expect it.

From the depths of your well, tap your will.

Increase the number of adventures you act on and you’ll lighten the weight of regret.

Those who receive the blessing are those who see beyond its disguise.

No matter how many strikes are hurled at you, only you decide when you’re out.

The purpose of this glorious life is not simply to endure it, but to soar, stumble, and flourish as you learn to fall in love with existence. We were born to live, my dear, not to merely exist.

Grace has not been well understood by the post-modern church let alone applied as post-moderns in our lives as a reality that Christ secured for us."~R. Alan Woods [2012]

[I]sn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?

What the theologian shrinks from, the poet grasps intuitively.

Computer science is fascinating. As you study computer science, you will find that you develop your mind. It is literally like doing Buddhist exercises all day long.

If two people agree, one of them is unnecessary.

Sometimes you kind of lose yourself in someone else's personality.

You don't need to worry about Donald Trump and nuclear weapons. You need to worry about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. They have authorized nuclear weapons for Iran.

Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my disease than the median or average doctor.

Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.