You can let yourself off the hook anytime you want, Liz. That's the divine contract of a little something we call free will.
With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when I would stand there waiting for him to arrive, wondering, Will I still know him?...
Where did you get the idea you aren't allowed to petition the universe with prayer? You are part of this universe, Liz. You're a constituent--you have every entitlement to participate in the actions o...
When the karma of a relationship is done, only love remains. It's safe. Let go.
When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a new idea with me: compassion. I asked my heart if it could please infuse my soul with a mor...
When Catherine told me about this (tragedy nearby), I could only say, shocked, Dear God, that family needs grace.She replied firmly, That family needs casseroles, and then proceeded to organize the en...
What you produce is not necessarily always sacred, I realized, just because you think it’s sacred. What is sacred is the time that you spend working on the project, and what that time does to expand y...
What life is, we know not. What life does, we know well. —LORD PERCEVAL
What kind of dog is that? I would always give the same answer: She's a brown dog. Similarly, when the question is raised, What kind of God do you believe in? my answer is easy: I believe in a magnific...
What does any of that have to do with the quiet glory of merely making things, and then sharing those things with an open heart and no expectations? I
What are you passionate enough about that you can endure the most disagreeable aspects of the work?
What I said to God through my gasping sobs was something like this: 'Hello, God. How are you? I'm Liz. It's nice to meet you.' That's right- I was speaking tot he creator of the universe as though we'...
We were talking the other evening about the phrases one uses when trying to comfort someone who is in distress. I told him that in English we sometimes say, 'I've been there.' This was unclear to him...
We need you to reveal to us what you know, what you have learned, what you have seen and felt. If you are older, chances are strong that you may already possess absolutely everything you need to posse...
We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.
Virginia Woolf wrote, Across the broad continent of a woman’s life falls the shadow of a sword.
Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.
Trust me, if you want to complain, you’ll always find plenty to complain about, even when fortune appears to be shining her favor upon you. But
Todo pasa. Con el tiempo todo pasa.
To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position.