Imagine any problem you have to be a huge, locked door standing in front of you. Now see yourself taking a golden key out of your pocket. You brought the key here with you when you arrived on this planet, but you sometimes forget to use it. See yourself putting it into the keyhole, then watch the door swing open. On the key are inscribed these words, "Unconditional Love."

I have lived enough to know great things will unfold for me externally only if I allow them to unfold for me internally.

We shouldn’t use our own upset as an excuse for not helping.

The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you, it radiates from within you.

If our prayer is “Dear God, please use me to be of service,” then that is what we will be. And it is not for us to judge either the size or value of our gifts. Our job is to try to get out of the way, to defer to the spirit moving within us and become open channels for the flow of God’s love.

The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government.

Whether we love, or close our hearts to love, is a mental choice we make, every moment of every day.