The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years, I’ve come to call resting with the discomfort “the detox period,” because when you don’t act on your habitual patterns, it’s like giving up an addiction. You’re left with the feelings you were trying to escape. The practice is to make a wholehearted relationship with that

"Be grateful to everyone" is about making peace with the aspects of ourselves that we have rejected... If we were to make a list of people we don't like - people we find obnoxious, threatening, or worthy of contempt - we would discover much about those aspects of ourselves that we can't face... other people trigger the karma that we haven't worked out.

We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake

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.

Lower your standards and relax as it is.