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

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

Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.

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.

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.

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 are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.