We are to forgive to be forgiven, to tolerate to be tolerated, and to understand to be understood.

We’re to plumb the depth of experiences and not live superficially. Much that we care to observe is infused with spirit and a disclosure of grace. The art of life is to get the message. Listening is an art that plugs us into many things. Everything is speaking, is audible and communicating in spite of apparent silence. Through the natural world we grasp answers from indigenous people. If we keep doing right, everything that befalls us and all that we encounter will contribute to wholeness.

Meditation serves a salutary salve to our senses.

Wisdom comes from living through triumphs and defeat, for both joy and sorrow; it tempers lives.

Reflective self exam intensifies self knowledge. Self exam starts a process. It opens an inner door to act and be instructed anew through events, people, reading, or our own heart; our own intuition.   ​