As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity.

We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.

Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is an excellent, joyful use of our life. Instead of getting better and better at avoiding, we can learn to accept the present moment as if we had invited it, and work with it instead of against it, making it our ally rather than our enemy.

The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving.

Trying to run away is never the answer to being a fully human. Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life.

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.