“The whole essence of nonviolence, compassion, service, and prayer have all been very much a part of my life. So I read a lot of materials that come out of the spirituality movement because I think if we are not spiritually whole, then we can’t do this work—I mean I have been doing this work for over thirty years, and if my spirit were not centered in it, I would have suffered classic burnout.

“I don’t have a choice. I just feel that it is part of my spirituality, part of my purpose; it is part of being in this world at this time with so many great needs, and this is my real calling.”