One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.

Words themselves are neutral. It's the charge we add to them that matters

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.

Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It allows us to have a more flexible identity because we learn to accept ourselves and all of our human experience with more tenderness and openness. We learn to accept the present moment with an open heart. Every moment is incredibly unique and fresh, and when we drop into the moment, as meditation allows us to do, we learn how to truly taste this tender and mysterious life that we share together.

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next.