Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.

The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.

When Things Fall Apart” and I quote “Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it. Nothing ever sums itself up in the way that we like to dream about. The off-center, in-between state is an ideal situation, a situation in which we don't get caught and we can open our hearts and minds beyond limit. It's a very tender, nonaggressive, open-ended state of affairs.

We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.