The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

For the ego to survive, it must make time - past and future - more important than the present moment.

The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.

Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.

The thinking mind can be so noisy that it cannot relate to stillness. It doesn't even recognize it and certainly can't remember it.

Many adults play roles when they speak to young children. They use silly words and sounds. They talk down to the child. They don't treat the child as an equal. The fact that you temporarily know more, or you're bigger does not mean the child is not your equal.

Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.