The natural wish and impetus to feel oneself to be an individual, to be special, includes standing out more than anyone else.

When we're fully engaged in the present moment, no matter what we're doing, the question of meaning never seems to arise. It's because we feel fulfilled and that is inherently meaningful.

When the heart opens, we forget ourselves and the world pours in.

Everything constantly changes.

Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing.

If you allow yourself to fully feel the life you're in - not conceptually, but viscerally in the present moment - then that is inherently meaningful.

When we fall utterly, something gathers us up. But our falling must be without reservation, without expectation, without hope, though not hopeless. You cant plan that kind of falling. When you abandon yourself utterly to life, the river will flow, and the log jam will free. Impossible is another word for grace. Who wouldve thought it, life takes another turn, and you are gathered up into a whole different way of seeing and being.