Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-130).

"It's all straw" -- "It's April, and I am blind!" -- Peace : one benefit of believing -- When a child dies -- Are we plugged in to quality? -- Our contract with the universe -- Being in control -- The ebb and flow of life -- Fully known, fully loved -- The languages of God -- Love and forgive -- The art of surrender -- A tribute to trees -- Truth, what's that? -- Dealing with our wounds -- Believing in a personal god -- Hardening of the attitudes -- Our body, friend or foe? -- Beethoven and abortion -- Entering professional counseling -- In the teeth of doubt -- Apathy, sympathy, empathy -- God and the quid pro quo -- Grief : love's dark companion -- A joie de vivre that lasts forever -- We live by mending -- Moral relativism -- Near-life experiences -- What no eye has seen -- Projection -- The pursuit of happiness -- Quiet desperation -- From religion to spirituality -- How many times does spring come around? -- Our personal swampland -- Tell them -- Ten important things to do before you die -- Time, don't run out on me! -- We have met the enemy and it is us -- Greed in a land of stocks, glitz, and nutrasweet -- How can I hear God's voice? -- The long bag we drag behind us -- Mountain climbing -- The one I love is not enough -- Trying to be perfect people -- Placebos and the powers within us -- Rigid people -- Rules for being human -- In praise of silence -- Starved for reasons but we won't eat -- Take time to live -- Virtus stat in medio -- Eyes wide shut about sex -- Is there a god named sports? -- Respect for privacy -- God's fingerprints -- Sheeple -- You've come a long way, woman!