Dad, once an aspiring architect, drove his own catering truck to feed factory workers in downtown Los Angeles, and mom, with a Mensa IQ and mathematical gifts, served as a bookkeeper and worked in a grocery store while pursuing her calling in music: playing piano and composing songs. Perhaps in a way, part of my drive was to complete their unfulfilled ambitions and dreams, but in my own way.

In life, stress happens when you resist what arises.

everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs.

Enlightenment is not an attainment; it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes. If a blind man realizes that he can see, has the world changed?

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives.

Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn.