We cannot expect to be in control of the circumstances in our lives when we cannot control our minds for five minutes. Meditation is the daily minimum requirement that will prevent us from breaking down and falling apart at the most inopportune moments. It is the art of listening. It is a practice which enables us to tune in and fine-tune the key areas of our lives: the mind and the spirit.

When we find ourselves in the same situation repeatedly as a result of our conditioned responses, we must stop and do a new thing. The situation may look different. The route we take there may be altogether different. The lesson we must learn does not change. Get honest! Pay attention! Change what you do to create a change for yourself!

When the time comes for you to make a change or to grow, the universe will make you so uncomfortable you will eventually have no choice.

Stay in your car in your lane on your road in your world. Stay in your own lane. Don't be minding other people's spiritual business. Stay in your car. In your lane. On your road. In your world.

The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don't want.

I now realize that just because you can take a punch does not mean you must stand in front of a fist, particularly not when the fist is your own.

If you don't have a vision you're going to be stuck in what you know. And the only thing you know is what you've already seen.