To make mistakes is human. To own your mistakes is divine. Nothing elevates a person higher than quickly admitting and taking personal responsibility for the mistakes you make and then fixing them fairly. If you mess up， fess up. It’s astounding how powerful this ownership is.

The true value of a forest cannot be measured in board feet alone; its worth is in the life it sustains.

A novel is a long answer to a question you can’t quite formulate.