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“Overlooking the Pacific Ocean reminded me of Andy Dufresne the fictional character that Stephen King brought to life in his triumphant tale – Shaw-Shank Redemption. My visual memory recalled the words ‘I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams’ I can still hear Morgan Freeman whispering these words in my head. Sometimes in life we get to see a past event coincide with what is happening in the moment; leaving you wondering ‘how in the hell did that happen?’ I realized that all the things that I had experienced up to this very moment as I looked out over the Pacific Ocean served a purpose. Did I understand each one? Not even close. I only saw the harmony, the magic, stuff we feel: things we cannot touch – only the heart knows this space.”
― Todd Maxwell Preston

“Standing up for a cause only serves the cause without serving the whole of humanity. Standing up for yourself can only serve the whole of humanity through your reconnection with it. Showing up for humanity creates a harmonic balance that connects you to the living source that we all come from. When this happens the cause loses its form of self-delusional separation by accepting the truth of who we really are.”
― Todd Maxwell Preston, Sacred Road: My journey through abuse, leaving the Mormons, & embracing spirituality

“The cycle of time seems to spin its delicate tapestry into our souls, opening the beauty that was there all along. The shifting sands of time fall like ghosts from a faraway dream. Illusions like the Mormon Church that I blindly believed in – making life decisions based on dogma and tradition that someone years ago had written.”
― Todd Maxwell Preston, Sacred Road: My journey through abuse, leaving the Mormons, & embracing spirituality