“Chris didn’t need to learn how to conquer fear. He had to embrace it, walk with it and listen to it.”

“Diabetes is passed that way -- over and down, like a knight in chess.”

“I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.”

“[T]he habit of living as if in the shadow of death has remained with me, and I consider that, too, a gift.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”

“Understanding the Way of Story as a sacred pattern and a living event. Story can reveal a spiritual path and or the way to healing. Stories become the foundation of health, peacebuilding and vision...”

“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate...”

“One afternoon as I just gazed at the topmost branches of those immensely tall trees I began to notice that the uppermost twigs and leaves were lyrical happy dancers glad that they had been apportio...”