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

Often we don't change because we're afraid of what might happen. We cling to what we recognize, even if we are steeped in suffering.

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.

We're like little puppies chasing our tails. We realize we're never getting what we want and then realize we need to do something a bit more profound.

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.

When we start to heal and perceive what I call love consciousness, we begin to perceive reality.

Initially when our foundations are rocked, when we lose our external security, we feel very fragile. In that moment, we have a choice. Am I the Phoenix and rise from the ashes or do I just keep wallowing in the ashes?