One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are. That’s not considered to be a problem. The point is to see it.

There are many changes in the weather of a day.

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

According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment in time.

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.

In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go.

It's important to remember, when we're out there aggressively working for reform, that, even if our particular issue doesn't get resolved, we are adding peace to the world. We have to do our best and at the same time give up all hope of fruition.