It's important that we see clearly with wisdom and awareness, but also take action.

We need to forgive - but mindfully. We need compassion that powered by wisdom. That's the way to address our bullies.

Nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy.

We live with that sense of not being enough, and it causes a very painful state.

We're not as different as we think we are.

Mindfulness is the ability to be aware, to note, to notice. When we apply that to our thoughts and mental habits, we bring a clarity of awareness in seeing what's just an ordinary thought and what's a judging thought that's pejorative or putting us down in some way. So, we first bring that lens of awareness, and then we can do all kinds of different strategies. We can inquire.

I started meditating and as soon as I turned that lens of attention inwards, it was like, okay, game over. This is what I'd been looking for to resolve some of these inner conflicts and pains.