We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, that’s who we are. We mistake the openness of our being—the inherent wonder and surprise of each moment—for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer.

By becoming intimate with how we close down and how we open up, we awaken our unlimited potential.

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

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?

Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.

If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you. You learn to embrace it.