As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.

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

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in our own good fortune and in the good fortune of others... We can be joyful for people we love, for moments of goodness, for sunlight and trees, and for the very breath within our lungs. Like an innocent child, we can rejoice in life itself, in being alive.

It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being.

Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change.

Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.