You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.

When we touch the center of sorrow, when we sit with discomfort without trying to fix it, when we stay present to the pain of disapproval or betrayal and let it soften us, these are times that we connect with bohdichitta.

By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.

Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.

The teacher will never give up on the student no matter how mixed up he or she might be

Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.

We can put our whole heart into whatever we do; but if we freeze our attitude into for or against, we're setting ourselves up for stress. Instead, we could just go forward with curiosity, wondering where this experiment will lead. This kind of open-ended inquisitiveness captures the spirit of enthusiasm, or heroic perseverance.