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What parent hasn’t been totally humiliated by their toddler’s melt-down on an otherwise beautiful day at the park or a teen who expressed rageful belligerence at the check-out stand for no coherent reason we can understand?

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. Two caterpillars were talking to one another, crawling on the ground in the way caterpillars do. They both had their eyes pointed upward. One caterpillar is talking to the other, “You’ll never catch me up in one of those things.”

If you are a parent seeking inspiration, I highly recommend, More of Everything: How I became a better parent to my child with extreme special needs by lifting my emotional burdens.

An interior life is to our minds what an enclosed porch is to our house. It’s a place separate from, yet a part of the structure in which we live. It’s a place to meet ourselves and have a good chat.

How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? What sacrifices are you prepared to make for culture and civilization?

To maintain my sanity, and continue to do my small part on this planet, I try to discipline myself to focus on his first sentence: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” If I spend too much time and energy pondering all of our complex problems, I can’t muster an ounce of hope. I’m too exhausted.