If we knew that tonight we were going to go blind, we would take a long, last real look at every blade of grass, every cloud formation, every speck of dust, every rainbow, raindrop-everything.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.

Each of us has a "soft spot": the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, and it is equally inherent in pain.

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom

We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment.