I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We have moments of clarity, and then we're confused. We have incredibly sensitive periods of being awake, and then we're numb. Being human is a very universal and a very personal practice of learning how to return when we can't get access to what we know.

We need to give up what no longer works and find new ways of being that keeps us close to what matters.

Water reflects everything it encounters. This is so commonplace that we think water is blue, when in fact it has no color.... But the water, the glorious water everywhere, has taught me that we are more than what we reflect or love. This is the work of compassion: to embrace everything clearly without imposing who we are and without losing who we are.

Joy in what we do is not an added feature; it is a sign of deep health.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

The sun doesn't stop shining because some people are blind.

Who's to say the effort to be real isn't the beginning of wings?