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.

Most people ultimately realize that they can acquire things, change their partner or other things, consume more and still it doesn't work. I'm not criticizing any of this.

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

You can have all the external experiences but you have to be the love first.

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?

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

There's a part of us that is addicted to suffering, that equates love with suffering.