Be still my hand and let the words write themselves upon my heart. Be still my heart and let your pages be filled in silence.

We are all gardeners, planting seeds of intention and watering them with attention in every moment of every day.

My mind is the sun, and my heart is the moon.In the sky between them, there I am.Cristen Rodgers

Listen closely. Even the trees exhale sweet love songs that roll off their boughs and echo out to all of creation. Love is always in the air.

Sometimes the purpose of the rose is simply to draw attention to the rose.

I look into your eyes and I’m sure that some divine artist dipped her brush in the same soul and used it to paint us both.

Solitude is an unmarked place beyond the borders of the map, a place where most fear to tread. It’s no surprise, then, that this is where the greatest secrets and most valuable treasures are hidden.

Be careful not to laugh at the Phoenix when she goes up in flames, or you'll be left in the dust when she grows her new wings and flies swiftly away.

Life may not have dealt you a great set of cards... but who says the one with better cards will win?

Here's a good rule of thumb Too clever is dumb.

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.

The Ohio Legislature's passed a law to allow concealed weapons in day care centers, but interesting: this same Legislature, in its wisdom, doesn't allow concealed weapons in the statehouse.

The lot of man - to suffer and to die.

Oh heck yeah, I totally would love to have a Phantom Dennis in real life.

I would be lying if I didn't say that the most inspirational place for me is Jamaica.

Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.

Oh abstractions are just abstract until they have an ache in them.

That is God's call to us - simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew the kind of life in which the closeness is felt and experienced.