“The best antidote to the furtive poison of anger, fear, anxiety, or any of our destructive, unwieldy passions, is just gratitude. And not the grandiose, boisterous or especially obvious kind. It is...”

“Common sense best dictates when balancing our needless and negative fear-driven worries with appropriate preparation and responsible readiness.”

“When the whispers of fear and doubt start screaming inside of you, turn up the volume of your courage by focusing on your faith, energizing through example, living to learn, and learning to love an...”

“Always but especially when suffering - surround yourself with those who inspire you to lose yourself more honestly, to love others more thoroughly, to live life more fully, and to trust God more w...”

“How about when you feel as if you are at a treacherous crossing, facing an area of life that hasnt even been on the map until recently. Suddenly there it is, right in front of you.And so the time a...”

“Experience says you just cant do it. Pride will say its just not worth it. Reason says its just too difficult, and logic says its too expensive. All while aspiration quickens our heartbeat, faith w...”

“I hadnt been a nerd, mind you. Id just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.”

“...all winter the acorns and red Maple leaf moldered in silence - in the same way grief is gnawing at me - slowly, imperceptibly... consuming...”

“Love. It seemed impossible that she could love him, but she was so deep in him there was really nowhere to go but further in. So this is what love was. Uncontrollable. Consuming. But so irresistibl...”

“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”

“I need to be touched emotionally and physically.”