We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives.

The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?

Everybody loves something, even if it's only tortillas.

Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do right now is what matters.

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.

That could be applied to whatever you feel. Maybe anger is your thing. You just go out of control and you see red, and the next thing you know you're yelling or throwing something or hitting someone. At that time, begin to accept the fact that that's "enraged buddha." If you feel jealous, that's "jealous buddha." If you have indigestion, that's "buddha with heartburn." If you're happy, "happy buddha"; if bored, "bored buddha." In other words, anything that you can experience or think is worthy of compassion; anything you could think or feel is worthy of appreciation.

But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.