The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present. Love in the past is a memory. Love in the future is a fantasy. To be really alive, love - or any other experience - must take place in the present.

Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

It is possible to speak with our heart directly. Most ancient cultures know this. We can actually converse with our heart as if it were a good friend. In modern life we have become so busy with our daily affairs and thoughts that we have lost this essential art of taking time to converse with our heart.

Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.

In our charade with ourselves we pretend that our war is not really war. We have changed the name of the War Department to the Defense Department and call a whole class of nuclear missiles Peace Keepers!

Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.