Never Underestimate The Power Of Denial.

It's A Lot Harder To Find Fault With The Mundane Details Of Daily Existence When You Really, Really Know On A Cellular Level That You're Going To Go, And That This Moment, Right Now, Is Life. Life Isn't What Happens To You In 20 Years. This Moment, Right Now, Is Your Life.

I Certainly Believe That What We Perceive As Humans Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg. I Don't Necessarily Believe In Vampires Or Werewolves Or That Kind Of Thing, But I Believe There Is Definitely A Realm We Don't Necessarily Have Access To.

I Think It's Very Difficult, And It Requires A Tremendous Amount Of Spiritual Integrity And Discipline, To Not Be A Narcissist In A Culture That Encourages It Every Step Of The Way.

Beauty Is In The Strangest Places. A Piece Of Garbage Floating In The Wind. And That Beauty Exists In America. It Exists Everywhere. You Have To Develop An Eye For It And Be Able To See It.

And As I Stumbled Onto Eastern Philosophy And Buddhism, It Was The First Time I Had Ever Read Any Sort Of Philosophy That Really Made A Tremendous Amount Of Sense. What I Liked That Was Missing From My Experience Of Christianity Growing Up Was A Sort Of Acceptance, A Sort Of Being Ok With Being Imperfect And Not Focusing On The Sin.