You can't wait for the end of your problems for you to be present. It has to be done whereever you are - which is now

Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.

When you go deeply into the present, gratitude arises spontaneously, even if it's just gratitude for breathing, gratitude for the aliveness that you feel in your body. Gratitude is there when you acknowledge the aliveness of the present moment.

Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind.

Some people say, the world can be so alive! It always is, you just do not know it because of the screen of your thinking. You notice it as you become more awake.

The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is.

Suffering needs time. It cannot survive in the now.