Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are.

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness. -Pema Chodron, from "When Things Fall Apart

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

In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go.

Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the middle rather than buy into struggle and complaint. The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid.

When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.