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

Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may be to end our connection, to never speak to or be with a harmful person again. Sometimes in the process of forgiveness a person who hurts or betrayed us may wish to make amends, but even this does not require us to put ourselves in the way of further harm.

Through practice, gently and gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully with what we do.

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

With growing awareness, you can see where you're caught or where you suffer or where you create suffering. You can then turn toward the difficulties that arise in your life with compassion, bow, and say, these too are part of human incarnation.

The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide.

The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.