When I was in my early forties, I slept with a loaded gun under my bed. Id become severely depressed in my thirties, and for almost a decade I spiraled down into paranoia, rage, self-loathing, and thoughts of suicide.

It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness.

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

When you become a lover of what is, the war is over.

My happiness isn't dependent on anyone else's.

Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.

I like to say understanding is the power.