We become who our stories say we are . . . The telling of the tale is thus an act of creative boldness, signaling to those who come after us what manner of men and women walked this path. What is your story? Who are you?

Our stories are not feeble efforts to ward off despair or speak what is not true. The words we make and share contain energy to bring things into being. Through INSPIRATION we become more than we thought possible . . .

When we CONSPIRE together we can open doors in prison walls, build bridges across enmity, construct new temples of learning in our own minds and hearts. Come conspire for peace and goodwill . . .

Words are not hollow but carry the energy of thousands of ancestors who gazed up past the spires of their temples and cathedrals and marveled at the mystery of the starry night. As we write and share and read and dream, we join with those ancestors to ASPIRE to the highest of which we are capable.