Softening what is rigid in our hearts.

We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.

Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.

Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective.