Acknowledgment, award, appreciation.

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

Gift the love of your life with undistracted, untelevisioned, unhurried attentiveness.

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of you. Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

I did feel a 'something', like a catch in the silence at the moment of creation.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.

Solid information is necessary, but insufficient. We also need to present that information in ways that are inspiring and accessible. That's where stories come in.

I want someone to pinch me so I can feel something, anything. I'm sick of this numbness, of feeling so alone and outside of everything, but I know it's too dangerous to wake up." —Ruth Mendenberg

It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable.

Children are harmed more by our apathy than our error.

There is nobody so weak of invention that cannot make some little stories to villify his enemy.

You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.

I am a drunkard from another kind of tavern. I dance to a silent tune. I am the symphony of stars.