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

Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.

Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot be happy in the most basic and ordinary ways, if we cannot touch one another and the life we have been given with our hearts.

Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.

Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?

We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears - to declare our right to awaken.

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