No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.

Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.

Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.

It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

We can struggle with what is. We can judge and blame others or ourselves. Or we can accept what cannot be changed. Peace comes from an honorable and open heart accepting what is true. Do we want to remain stuck? Or to release the fearful sense of self and rest kindly where we are?

Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in our own good fortune and in the good fortune of others... We can be joyful for people we love, for moments of goodness, for sunlight and trees, and for the very breath within our lungs. Like an innocent child, we can rejoice in life itself, in being alive.