Each person's life is like a mandala - a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life ... everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.

We could learn to stop when the sun goes down and when the sun comes up. We could learn to listen to the wind; we could learn to notice that it's raining or snowing or hailing or calm. We could reconnect with the weather that is ourselves, and we could realize that it's sad. The sadder it is, and the vaster it is, the more our heart opens. We can stop thinking that good practice is when it's smooth and calm, and bad practice is when it's rough and dark. If we can hold it all in our hearts, then we can make a proper cup of tea.

Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.

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

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.

As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.

What if rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, we accepted it and relaxed into it?