You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.
See how the fearful chandelier Trembles above you Each time you open your mouth To sing. Sing. —DONALD JUSTICE
Joy is the best makeup.
If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you a...
Holiness has most often been revealed to me in the exquisite pun of the first syllable, in holes- in not enough help, in brokenness, mess. High holy places, with ethereal sounds and stained glass, can...
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)
Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while
My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you co...
Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.
I have these secret pangs of shame about being single, like I wasn't good enough to get a husband. Rita reminded me of something I'd told her once, about the five rules of the world as arrived at by t...
My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.
We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand.
In order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent.
You celebrate what works and you take tender care of what doesn’t, with lotion, polish, and kindness.
[Jesus is] saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves.
Prayer usually means praise, or surrender, acknowledging that you have run out of bullets.
I'll live as well, as deeply, as madly as I can--until I die.
God can't clean the house of you when you're still in it.
The harm is in the unwanted help or helping them when they need to figure things out for themselves. Help is the sunny side of control.