Here are three true things. . . .

Recently, a friend cut her finger while she was chopping vegetables. She grabbed the hurt finger and said, “That was stupid. People who do this sort of thing. . . .

When I really love somebody in a head-over-heels way, I want all sorts of good for him. I hope and dream. . . .

A few days ago, I saw a porcupine lying on the roadside as if he were sleeping--his furry face and leathery paws resting easy in the grass. . . .

I want to see always the gifts that God is always giving, so I have been looking for them. Sometimes I collect them in writing. . . .

If I’m not careful, I see life as a ladder: I’m on one rung, and everybody else is either on a higher rung or a lower rung. If somebody is on a higher rung. . .