We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.

If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life

If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life.

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them

I didn't fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.

When a thought appears such as "Do the dishes" and you don't do them, notice how an internal war breaks out... The stress and weariness you feel are really mental combat fatigue.

The best way of leading people is to let them find their own way.