How important is it really that you feel satisfied right now for 2 minutes, compared to getting yourself free from addiction forever?

What if happiness is in fact more about remembering who we are, rather than attempting to change anything or anyone at all?

Though few would admit it, most of the time, when people are upset they don't actually want to feel differently, they want agreement and ways to make a situation, condition, or person change.

One of the most liberating personal discoveries I have made is the knowledge that whenever I am upset, there is another way of looking at any situation, person, or condition.

A miracle is when we respond with compassion where a moment ago we may have believed there was something to be upset, blaming, or angry about.

Most of us, if we are truly honest with ourselves, have an ever-evolving and ever-growing list of what we think we must change in order to be at peace or to be happy.

I trust that no loving thought goes unnoticed, even when I do not see immediate gratitude or behavior changes in the other person.