I have had the privilege of losing everything.

A mind that doesn't question its judgements, makes the world very small and dangerous.

We do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.

Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves.

There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom.

Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.

Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a story that isn't true for you." Living a lie is always stressful. And investigating a lie through The Work always leads you back to who you are. Who you are is not an option. You are love. It hurts to believe you're other than who you are, to live any story less than love.