Relaxing with something as familiar as loneliness is good discipline for realizing the profundity of the unresolved moments of our lives. We are cheating ourselves when we run away from the ambiguity of loneliness.....Rather than persecuting yourself or feeling that something terribly wrong is happening, right there in the moment of sadness and longing, could you relax and touch the limitless space of the human heart?

Just where you are-that's the place to start!

Patience takes courage. It is not an ideal state of calm. In fact, when we practice patience we will see our agitation far more clearly.

Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals.

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.

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.