By losing my external things, I found myself. I found something very powerful, very permanent, that I could have with me all the time.

I was a very focused and determined woman and I always got what I wanted. But once I had it, there was another future moment when I had to attain something else. These internal yearnings keep happiness in a future moment.

Happiness is a choice I am making now. Once we understand that and find love consciousness, we learn that this place of internal plenitude needs nothing.

We're trying to fill something internal with something external. We're trying to fill something real with something illusionary.

When we learn to focus on love, grace, and gratitude, life is really quite lovely.

I lost everything. When I was 28 years old, I lost my home, my job, my partner. I had many people die in my life. I felt like a total victim.

By focusing on love and cultivating an internal security, we can start to take the steps in our lives to create profound change.