Occupation: Author Birth: February 8, 1938
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..
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 ….
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….
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….
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….
When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time..
Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.
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….
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….
Everybody is a story..
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….
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….
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….
Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval..
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….
Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion..
It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live. p 374.
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….
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….
Is it possible to live so defensively that you never get to live at all?.
From a good teacher you may learn the secret of listening. You will never learn the secret of life. You will have to listen for yourself.