“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”

“what if we just acted like everything was easy?”

“in the cold you wrap me. in my uncertainty you listen. in all my joys you celebrate. at every turn you meet me with competence and grace. what a fine dance we have together.”

“speak quietly to yourself & promise there will be better days. whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort. console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes. offer comfort in practical and tangible ways - as if you were encouraging your dearest friend. recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. tomorrow comes more brightly...”

“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”

“at the start of our together you were the prelude to a vast orchestration. at the end of it all you will have been the most profound and enduring music of my life.”

“There is no small act of kindness.Every compassionate act makes large the world.”