“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen …. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world.”  Brene Brown (The Gifts of Imperfection) 

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday and avoiding today.” – Wayner Dyer, EdD and bestselling author

“Strong relationships require both care and candor.” – Kim Scott, author

“Psychological safety and courage are simply two sides of the same immensely valuable coin.  Both are – and will continue to be – needed in a complex and uncertain world.”  Amy Edmondson, PhD

“Sabbath time is time off the treadmill of production. It is time to rest, reflect, and restore.” – Wayne Muller, Author

“Leaders who do not find ways to replenish themselves and their people will inevitably create cultures of depletion.” - Margaret J. Wheatley, EdD, author

“A threshold is not a boundary to be defended, but a space to be entered.” – John O’Donohue

“Words create worlds.”  – Attributed to many  “New worlds demand new words.”  – Me

“What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself." – Desiderius Erasmus

“To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.”  — Stephen R. Covey

“Sanctuary is wherever I find safe space to regain my bearings, reclaim my soul, heal my wounds, and return to the world as a wounded healer. It’s not merely about finding shelter from the storm: it’s about spiritual survival.”
— Parker J. Palmer, PhD, Author

“Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.” — Helen Keller

“Are you living the life that wants to live in you?” – Parker Palmer, PhD, author

“If I knew this was the last time I’ll see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not assume foolishly you know it already.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez, novelist

“When we establish human connections within the context of shared experience we create community wherever we go.” — Gina Greenlee, Author

“If you think people in your life are normal, then you undoubtedly have not spent any time getting to know the abnormal side of them.” — Shannon L. Alder, author

“I don’t know of anything that will help us find emotional health faster than being vulnerable with safe people.” – Donald Miller, Author

“We need each other to keep us on the path.”  Former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA speaking at the AAFP FMX national conference, October 2025