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.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.

For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.

At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.

As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.