“To be able to open the heart again after betrayal, injury, or loss is a precious act. It requires both courage and compassion. It requires a new movement to emerge from the depths of grief. Forgiveness is one of the most certain paths to restoration, and it is also one of the most difficult. However, it is an attempt to return to wholeness, once again, by letting go and freeing myself from the tight clutch and heavy burden of caution, anger, resentment, and the desire for revenge and punishment. In forgiving others, I free myself towards belonging and wholeness, be it with the person I am forgiving, or with myself.”

“Hope is a helium balloon. It is a wish lantern set out into the dark sky of night.”

“Everything in my environment is offering me feedback, if I will only listen.”

“A rhythm becomes a habit when we can no longer hear the music.”

“Change occurs on a continuum and does not move in a straight line.”

“Every journey towards change begins with awareness.”

“Separation from the community creates isolation. Isolation is the source of most physical, emotional and spiritual disease.”

“We often gain awareness through a baseline comparison between now and next.”

“Community is a context and can either facilitate or inhibit the movement of change for the individual.”

“Information can compel us to want to take action, but information, by itself, is often not enough to motivate action or change.”

“Change moves incrementally from breath to breath and moment to moment, allowing for course-correction along the way.”