The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to lean into them.

It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play.

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

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It's restless and pregnant and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep us company. When we can rest in the middle, we begin to have a nonthreatening relationship with loneliness, a relaxing and cooling loneliness that completely turns our usual fearful patterns upside down.

Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.