Often, we think that we share with those we love, but the truth is that we come to love those with whom we share. This is what creates a loving and peaceful home.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to manifest the glory of God that is within us; it is not just in some of us - it's in everyone!

People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.

A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared. God told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. God explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. So, this the man did, day after day.

The teacher said to the entire class, “whether you win a raise in pay or win an argument, what must you ask yourself?”

Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and was rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.

A Cherokee grandfather , teaching Tribal ways and philosophies on life to his grandson, says, “A fight is going on inside me. It is a terrible fight between two wolves.”

We all desperately want peace — within ourselves, in our relationships, in our families, in our workplaces, in our organizations, in our communities, in our country, in the world. That is why shalom is such an oft-repeated word. For, even as a simple greeting, it embodies deep yearning and solemn promise.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!" "How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.

Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about Little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school.

She knew exactly how much a miracle cost... one dollar and eleven cents plus the faith of a little child. A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law.

At times where you experience fear, remember the good, remember the last miracle you saw and connect to it. Let it help build your certainty and know that building certainty is the nature of our spiritual work.

Sharing is an act that allows us to literally behave like the Creator, whose very essence is to share. By sharing, we increase our capacity to draw down the Light.

When the Baal Shem Tov, Master of the Good Name and founder of Hassidism, had a difficult task before him or saw a misfortune about to befall the Jewish people, he went to meditate in a certain part of the forest; there he lit a fire, lost himself in prayer and what he had decided to do became possible: the miracle was performed, the misfortune was removed.

Food and money were still extremely scarce and bartering was used extensively. One particular day Mr. Miller was bagging some early potatoes for me. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas.

I've learned that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am. I've learned that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

When you enter someone's life, whether by plan, chance or coincidence, consider what your lesson will be. Will you teach love or a harsh lesson of reality? When you die will your life have resulted in more loving or hurting? More comfort or pain? More joy or sadness? Each one of us has power over the balance of love in the world. Use it wisely. Don't miss an opportunity to nudge the world's scale in the right direction.

We had the freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

And isn't that true with us? Our task is to find out how much music we can still make with what we have left. How much good we can still do. How much joy we can still share. For I'm convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you and I can make.