To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.

I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from doing loving kindness meditation, either prior to or along with mindfulness meditation. It varies from person to person of course, but for many, their practice of mindfulness will bring along old habits of self-judgment and ruthless criticism, so it is not actually mindfulness.

Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you; you won't stand up for other people.

When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response, so that reacting from compassion, from caring, is not a question of giving ourselves a lecture: 'I don't really feel like it, but I'd better be helpful, or what would people think?'

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

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