It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.

When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid. You're able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your mind open. And you notice when you get caught up in prejudice, bias, and aggression. You develop an enthusiasm for no longer watering those negative seeds, from now until the day you die. And, you begin to think of your life as offering endless opportunities to start to do things differently.

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

The truth is that good and bad coexist; sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.

One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!

Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both...Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both.