Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we'll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.

But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.

The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate.

As we practice, we begin to know the difference between our fantasy and reality.

Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.

That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary state of affairs. Everything is in process. Everything - every tree, every blade of grass, all the animals, insects, human beings, buildings, the animate and the inanimate - is always changing, moment to moment.

Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons.