“Friendship is always an act of recognition …. If you realize how vital to your whole spirit friendship actually is, you will take time for it.”  John O’Donohue

“One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.”  George Takei (Hikaru Sulu)

“Why is it important to swim with a buddy?”  Our local YMCA swim instructor

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  Attributed to many persons

“If you were to make one investment in your well-being … the best one you could make long-term is to take care of your relationships.”  Robert Waldinger, MD

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

“Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.” - Debasish Mridha, MD, Neurologist and Author

“  … upping your love game is anything but boring.  It’s countercultural because it cuts against the never-enoughness and always-behindness that society seems to want us to feel.”  Dan Harris, Author and Journalist

“Words create worlds.”  – Attributed to many

“Everybody is a story …. The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen.” Rachel Naomi Remem, MD

"Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve."  Rabbi Earl Grollman, author and an internationally recognized bereavement counselor

“When you compare losses, someone else’s may seem greater or lesser than your own, but all losses are painful.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, Psychiatrist, author and pioneer in our understanding of dying and grieving

“Your loss is not a test, a lesson, something to handle, a gift, or a blessing. Loss is simply what happens to you in life. Meaning is what you make happen.” David Kessler

“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.  Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.”   Albert Schweitzer, MD, Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

“Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become.” James Clear, Atomic Habits

“You are a product of your environment. Choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective …. Is it helping you toward success—or holding you back?” — W. Clement Stone

“The heart of change is in the emotions.”  John Kotter, DBA, author

“Next time you feel a should coming at you, ask yourself if it really belongs to you!” ― Kelly Corbet, author of BIG: The Practice of Joy

"Promise me you'll always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.” Sir William Osler