12 truths I learned from life and writing

We are all living in the current chapter of the story of our lives.  The longer we go, the more we can see all that the prior chapters have given us.  It is helpful to see how each informs and contributes to our well-being, to what we come to know and recognize.  We can use these truths for the good -- of us and for others -- especially as I increasingly imagine that the current chapter of my experience fits into my larger story and that my story fits with the larger stories of human existence and, ultimately, of God.