By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.

He is survived by his immediate family: wife Gale Prather his son from a previous marriage Perry Scott Prather and their two sons John and Jordan. While he could be categorized as a New Age writer he drew on Christian language and themes and seemed comfortable conceiving of God in personal terms. Prather died on November 15 2010 in the hot tub of his Tucson Arizona home apparently of a heart attack.