If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and has the capacity to nourish us. By the work of mindful observation, our unpleasant feelings can illuminate so much for us, offering us insight and understanding into ourselves and society.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.

The buddha called suffering a holy truth, because our suffering has the capacity of showing us the path to liberation. Embrace your suffering and let it reveal to you the way to peace.

The fact that I am standing there and washing bowls is a wondrous reality. I'm being completely myself, following my breath, conscious of my presence, and conscious of my thoughts and actions.

Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment.