Inner #‎ peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your #‎ emotions

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

We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.

We see how beautiful and wonderful and amazing things are, and we see how caught up we are. It isn’t that one is the bad part and one is the good part, but that it’s a kind of interesting, smelly, rich, fertile mess of stuff. When it’s all mixed up together, it’s us: humanness.

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.

One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.

What happens with you when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy? Notice the panic, notice when you instantly grab for something. (51)