With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification.

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

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.

The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present. Love in the past is a memory. Love in the future is a fantasy. To be really alive, love - or any other experience - must take place in the present.

The near enemy of love is attachment. Attachment masquerades as love. It says, “I will love this person because I need them.” Or, “I’ll love you if you’ll love me back. I’ll love you, but only if you will be the way I want.” This isn’t love at all - it is attachment - and attachment is rigid, it is very different from love.

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

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