in my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to.

My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life.

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.

The simple truth is, not every fight can be won.

No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness.

The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not

Awakening your spiritual self is like having a second childhood with faulty parents, broken bones and proverbial brussel sprouts.

Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.

in crowded rooms they would form words with their lips for each other's eyes

As we head to war with Iraq, President Bush wants to make one thing clear: This war is not about oil. It's about gasoline.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

Ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you

And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own.

don't just describe an emotion, arouse it, make them experience it, by manipulating the symbol of the emotion, and sometimes we have to come into awareness through the back door.

To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.

In life we have decisions to make, paths to take and opportunities to take advantage of.