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

When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover within them something greater. We discover that within the very limitations of form, of our maleness and femaleness, of our parenthood and our childhood, of gravity on the earth and the changing of the seasons, is the freedom and harmony we have sought for so long. Our individual life is an expression of the whole mystery, and in it we can rest in the center of the movement, the center of all worlds.

When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

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

Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well...In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.