To bow to the fact of our life's sorrows and betrayals is to accept them; and from this deep gesture we discover that all life is workable. As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Refraining from stealing: care with material goods. Undertake for one week to act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously in your heart.

The work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of the world

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

An honorable spiritual practice recognizes the losses we have suffered, tells our story, and sheds our tears to free us from the past.

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