Embodied courage chooses not to wait until illness or notice of death demands attention.

We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.

Only a deep attention to the whole of our life can bring us the capacity to love well and live freely.

The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own; where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.

To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.

When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.

It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.