"Turn your life toward what you love. . . . Become like a tree that shelters other lovers, roots finding secrets beneath, crown top waving in the sunlight no one sees. Be true to that love, not to ownership. Be like wind pouring through forests and clearings, circling mountains, running along rivers. Turn your life to that big love you have always suspected is the country you come from, sing the way they sing there, be that light-hearted and warm-hearted and easy-going even into your death, your sails full of love’s assurance."  --Elias Amidon