We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.

In a society that almost demands life at double time, speed and addictions numb us to our own experience. In such a society, it is almost impossible to settle into our bodies or stay connected with our hearts, let alone connect with one another or the earth where we live.

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

When repeated difficulties do arise, our first spiritual approach is to acknowledge what is present, naming, softly saying 'sadness, sadness', or 'remembering, remembering', or whatever.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.

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