Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.

When we sit, we open our own treasure house. Rather than do this, however, most of us first seek to find the treasures another person can provide. We calculate their value to us. When we approach relationships in this manner, we are coming as beggars, seeing the other as a source of supply. When we can enter a relationship with our treasure house already open, there is no end to the wonders we can find, both within and between ourselves and another.

A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.

All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are.

Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it truly is.

All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad.

When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.