Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar thin….

Ours is not a culture that respects the sick, the old or the vulnerable. We strive for independence, competence, and mastery. In embracing such 'fron….

In this culture the soul and the heart too often go homeless. Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to people, they can hear t….

Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will over it….

Big messages come in small packages. All it may take to restore someone's trust in life may be returning a lost earring or a dropped glove..

Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion..

Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns. Life asks of us the same thing we have been asked in every class: "St….

Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our wor….

Life is as complex as we are. Sometimes our vulnerability is our strength, our fear develops our courage, and our woundedness is the road to our inte….

Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.

Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don't do that so much anymore. Sitting around t….

When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time..

The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation.We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether we know ….

I don't think there's such a thing as a bad emotion. The only bad emotion is a stuck emotion..

Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval..

Everybody is a story..

We are all healers of each other. Look at David Spiegel's fascinating study of putting people together in a support group and seeking that some peopl….

It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live. p 374.

Life wastes nothing. Over and over again every molecule that has ever been is gathered up by the hand of life to be reshaped into yet another form. p….

Is it possible to live so defensively that you never get to live at all?.

For many years now I have listened to the stories of people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses as their counselor. From them I have lea….