The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind.

Embodied courage chooses not to wait until illness or notice of death demands attention.

What we seek is what we are.

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

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