Some original sayings or brief thoughts, and some of my favorites by others. By “original” I do not mean no one else has ever said or thought it; I mean I did not sit there and copy someone else's work. I invite folks to add your own originals, or sayings you love by others...

I have a deep need to return to the ocean

I love to greet the dawn, and walk out into the dusk

It is sometimes wise to flee in the face of evil

It is the spontaneous moment that draws me in

Looking up at the stars...I sense eternity

No one can dictate my fundamental choices

Seek justice, not only for yourself, but for others

The darkest prison may be the prison of the mind

the best way to expiate ghosts from the past is to bring them into the light

The greatest gift you give...Your time, your self

The young do not know everything, and neither do the old

We can learn from our suffering to not inflict suffering

And some of my favorite words of others...

Act as if everything you do matters

William James

A powerful agent is the right word

Mark Twain

It is always the right time to do what is right

Martin Luther King

Lord, lift us up where we belong, where the eagle flies on the mountain high

BeBe and CeCe Winans

Sometimes dreams and wiser than men

Native American saying

There is no such thing as death, only a change of worlds

Native American saying

Without music, life is a journey through a desert

Pat Conroy