To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

As I go through all kinds of feelings and experiences in my journey through life -- delight, surprise, chagrin, dismay -- I hold this question as a guiding light: 'What do I really need right now to be happy?' What I come to over and over again is that only qualities as vast and deep as love, connection and kindness will really make me happy in any sort of enduring way.

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.