The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.

If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.

Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

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

Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?

A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments of grief, loss, and change. Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched. Wisdom is alive only as long as it is lived, understanding is liberating only as long as it is applied.