"There is nothing that makes me feel more alive than to experience the same sense of wonder I had as a young boy."

“What I understand now, at seventy-two, is that the absence of fit was never the problem. It was the answer.”

“It is a question of trust, learning that things turn out well even when I hold the reins a little less tightly.” 

“I often wonder why I feel this need to become one with people I happen to run into.“ 

“I’ve carried a free-floating sense of guilt about not doing enough with most of my life. It attaches itself to anything that happens to come by.”

“I say I want equanimity, and yet I keep courting the very things that pull me away from it.”

"And now, as I approach seventy-two, I find myself willing to learn from a twisted old tree-and to allow myself,  at least sometimes,  to simply be."

“The need for control has introduced a rigidity into my life that interferes with experiencing things as they are.” 

“My backup plans are the mental crutches I cling to even though I can perfectly walk without them.”

“I am a resilient person. But I couldn’t help showing off that resilience as if it were my new cashmere jacket”.