We have a lot of choice about whether to interpret something as adversity or as opportunity. I see in myself the tendency at times to make situations worse than they have to be because of my catastrophic interpretation.

The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.

Our spiritual mission is not to ignore the darkness, but to bring light TO the darkness. Ignoring darkness does not dispel it; only the light does. That is the difference between denial and transcendence.

Ultimately, my daughter is not going to learn from what I do, not from what I say. For better or for worse. I see that everyday.

If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that will be our experience.

Yes, hardships come. But I see in my life and in the lives of others how often something that does not have to be held as a hardship is dealt with by the mind as though it is.

Every bird that sings, sings for you. Every breeze that blows, blows for you. Every sunray shines for you. If you only knew how loved you are.