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

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don't know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.

When we eat mindfully, we consume exactly what we need to keep our bodies, our minds, and the Earth healthy. When we practice like this, we reduce suffering for ourselves and for others.

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.