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

It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Wholeheartedly do what it takes to awaken your clear-seeing intelligence, but one day at a time, one moment at a time. If we live that way, we will benefit this earth.

When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid. You're able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your mind open. And you notice when you get caught up in prejudice, bias, and aggression. You develop an enthusiasm for no longer watering those negative seeds, from now until the day you die. And, you begin to think of your life as offering endless opportunities to start to do things differently.

Sometimes we find that we like our thoughts so much that we don't want to let them go.

The central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.

Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.