When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.

Remember: you are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.

My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.

Resting in Awareness, we transform all the 'stuff' of our lives.

I soon discovered that man's importunity is God's opportunity. he uses our problems as building materials for his miracles. I began to understand that this was my first lesson in learning to trust him completely, my first steps on the path to complete dependence on, and obedience to, his guidance.

When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time.