The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?

Sometimes we find that we like our thoughts so much that we don't want to let them go.

This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind.

The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.

The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more we do it, the stronger these qualities become. How sad it is that we become so expert at causing harm to ourselves and others. The trick then is to practice gentleness and letting go. We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make it such a big deal.

We can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds. (36)