Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions.

We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.

We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight.

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.

I've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation practice even if the words are never used or implied, no matter what technique or method we are using.