You have all the time in the world, but don't waste a moment.

I like to look at a tree and see that it's love. Don't you?

We're being trained through our incarnations--trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.

It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

There are no accidents.

So somebody comes along and gets to me. They get me angry or uptight or they awaken some desire in me, wow am I delighted. They got me. And that’s my work on myself. If I am angry with you because your behavior doesn’t fill my model of how you should be, that’s my problem for having models. No expectations, no upset. If you are a liar and a cheat, that’s your Karma. If I’m cheated, that’s my work on myself.

The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it--just don't get lost in it.