We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

All conflict we experience in the world, is a conflict within our own selves.

What seems good turns bad, what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle.

In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.

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.

We create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone.

The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.