Once we see that everything is impermanent and ungraspable and that we create a huge amount of suffering if we are attached to things staying the same, we realize that relaxing and letting go is a wiser way to live. Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.

To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

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

We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is sacred.

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.

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.