If you do not know how to take care of yourself, and the violence in you, then you will not be able to take care of others. You must have love and patience before you can truly listen to your partner or child. If you are irritated you cannot listen. You have to know how to breath mindfully, embrace your irritation and transform it. Offer ONLY understand and compassion to your partner or child - This is the true practice of love.

If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.

You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.

The war is in our souls.

In order to be loved, we have to love, which means we have to understand.

It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice