Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can accept the life that presents itself to you now.

If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.

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

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

When we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are. We receive the space in which to bloom. This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.

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