Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective.

Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are.

We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.