So at the end of the day, here was what Mike was able to believe in: people.It was people and their kindness the made him feel blessed. It was people who were the heroes, and...

Why, he wondered, was it so hard to see humankind as capable of creating miracles? Miracles were just second chances if you really thought about it-second chances when all hope was lost.

It made no sense to him, this idea that some people got God and some people didn’t.

People like to say that time heals all wounds, but I don’t believe it. I remember once Grandpa took me firewood cutting, and as we looked at the rings of the tree together, he pointed...

If you can, judge less and observe more.

Go spend time with the aspen trees. They’ll tell you how it works. They’ll tell you to look to your roots for energy. They’ll tell you there’s warmth below the surface.

She and Lisa always called that kind of snow heroic, because a person could do no wrong in it. Everyone skied like a hero in that kind of snow.

Women who got married got screwed.

Miracles were just second chances if you really thought about it–second chances when all hope was lost.

It struck her hard how it was often the ordinary acts that were angelic. Maybe there were angels in the sky and maybe there weren’t. Maybe angels helped arrange for Tom to be the one...

Most people think love comes from the heart or soul. The heart simply pumps blood, so love can’t be created there. Where is the center for what appears to be a person’s soul? The Brain....

So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing. The answer to that is no.

What was it, she wondered, that made some people give up and others fight harder? Where was her fight? She was out.

We can fix that. We can fix anything. So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing.

Sometimes you just wait for the night to be over and endure.

Here’s what Mike knew about kids: They did stupid stuff. Pretty much all of them.