As a leader, you have the choice to determine what you are going to do and how you are going to engage others. You can decide to act compassionately regardless of what the weather is - whether it is cloudy or sunny - or whether things are inspirational or not.

We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.

When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.

In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering swimming in the summer, feeling the breeze. In this contemplation I observed that the self is more elusive than I thought.

Poetry is a language for when you can't quite write prose about something, you can't quite say it, but if you do a poem, it kind of gets to the point.

Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.

The principles of Buddhism and Shambhala can be effective in helping the course of what is happening in the world.