All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.

To let go means to give up coercing, resisting, or struggling, in exchange for something more powerful and wholesome which comes out of allowing things to be as they are without getting caught up in your attraction to or rejection of them, in the intrinsic stickiness of wanting, of liking and disliking.

In Asian languages, the word for mind and the word for heart are the same word.

Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn't bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.