doing the living for me, and all I have to do is let their stories, humor, knowledge, and images—some of which I’ll never forget—flow through me, even as I forget to turn off the car when I arrive at my destination. I

Awareness spritzes us awake. Being awake means that we have taken off the blinders.

The love of our dogs and cats is the closest most of us will come to knowing the direct love of God on this side of eternity.

Most of my spiritual breakthroughs have been against my will. I am mortal, impermanent, imperfect, scared, often uptight and even petty, but wow, what a beautiful sunset.

Eventually one has to find a way to eat and be kind to one’s body. I am not a metaphysician, but this is the body you’re going to have the entire time you are here.

The only nourishment that can give a body and soul the feelings we crave is profound self-love and union with that scared part of ourselves.

Good Orderly Direction?”

expectations are resentments under construction.

I have just always found it extremely hard to be here, on this side of eternity, because of, well, other people; and death.