In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest

It has a lot to do with developing patience, not with the check-out person so much, but with your own pain that arises, the rawness and the vulnerability, and sending some kind of warmth and love to that rawness and soreness. I think that's how we have to practice.

When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way. We can shut down and feel resentful or we can touch in on that throbbing quality. (9)

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

The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate.

We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief.