When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.

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

Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?

Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.

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

The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.