Awareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge of your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.

For some people, it's the beginning of an awakening when they hear or read, "You have a voice in your head that never stops talking. Have you noticed that?" And suddenly they become aware that the thoughts go through their heads, whereas before they were so identified with them that they were those thoughts.

It takes practice to hear your true desires. Your passion will often come as a whisper or serendipitous event that reminds you of what's important and what makes you happy.

Forgiveness of the present is even more important than forgiveness of the past. If you forgive every moment - allow it to be as it is - then there will be no accumulation of resentment that needs to be forgiven at some later time.

Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.