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

Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.

In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and on this earth.

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?

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.