There’s no better way to serve and nourish the magnificence in another person than to simply listen to them openheartedly and without judgment.

Failure is a natural part of learning and developing, and it teaches us to be resolute and steadfast in our endeavors.

Letting go of the security of what is commonly understood requires a big leap of faith and a willingness to fall.

We must be present enough and receptive enough to “hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

Our differences need not divide us because even as we are unique and individual, we are also all one.

It is only through dialogue, deep listening, and passionate disagreement that we find our way to something larger than a singular and isolated point of view.

While they proceedTo and fro, andCome and go Like Spring, SummerAutumn and WinterChastise, Criticize And SlanderJesus still remainsA Wonder

Now do you understand? I am never changing who I am.

In their silence they continued both to protect me and to punish me. The memory of that night was now the only tie between us, eclipsing everything else.

There are some questions, there are some answers, the simple ones, the most important ones, that cannot be approached or even seen, until we go out looking for something else entirely.

He always felt embarrassed opening gifts in front of others, having to act out delight or surprise. He liked to peel off the paper slowly and consider the contents.

Leadership is the process of motivating, mobilizing, resourcing, and directing people to passionately and strategically pursue a vision from God that a group jointly embraces.

Never did I think that I became family entertainment.

Her world had shrunk - no matter who she was with, she'd prefer to be with him. That's what happened when you fell in love - you only want to see them.

We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will change us.

How true is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true.