I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need to engage in the process of awakening.

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom of the lake that we don't feel the need to churn up the waters just to avoid looking at what's there.

Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.

Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.

To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death.

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