Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, b….

Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others….

In order to live fully we may need to look deeply at our own suffering and at the suffering of others. In the depths of every wound we have survived ….

Being alive is being aware, being able to be touched and moved and changed, being able to respond rather than to react, being able to see and hear..

As I age I am grateful to find that a silence has begun to gather in me, coexisting with my tempers and my fears, unchanged by my joys or my pain. S….

To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary. Like all judgement, approval encourages a constant striving. It makes us uncertain of who….

Our wounds are our sources of growth..

We may need to let go of our beliefs and ideas about life in order to have life..

If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives..

When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The less time we spend together at the kitchen….

Prayer is not a way to get what we want to happen, like the remote control that comes with the television set. I think that prayer may be less about ….

Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge..

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us..

Until we stop ourselves or, more often, have been stopped, we hope to put certain of life's events "behind us" and get on with our living. After we s….

Suffering shapes the life force, sometimes into anger, sometimes into blame and self-pity. Eventually it may show us the wisdom of embracing and lovi….

Chances are that any helpful two-year-old will break some eggs. We are often not very good at things when we are new. But there may be an important c….

We bless the life around us far more than we realize. Many simple, ordinary things that we do can affect those around us in profound ways: the unexpe….

Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of the things that are gone and yo….

Belief traps or frees us..

It has been my experience that presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis..

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen..