Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.

Fear usually looks like anger.

I dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us.

Compassion also brings us into the territory of mystery - encouraging us not just to see beauty, but perhaps also to look for the face of God in the moment of suffering, in the face of a stranger, in the face of the vibrant religious other.

Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.

Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.

If we cant face our losses, we cant be present either fully to everything that is. When people have cut off or not made peace with some part of themselves, they miss out on other aspects of life.