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

What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.

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

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

Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you 'should' become. Find out who you are right now.

The facts of our lives, when we are able to know them, will free us from the torment we are in. When we can bear reality thoroughly, suffering is over. Pain may exist, but it is only pain. Suffering is what we add to pain.

Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you'll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.