Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal.

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

Everyone's mind wanders, without doubt, and we always have to start over. Everyone resists or dislikes the thought of or is too tired to meditate at times, and we have to be able to begin again.

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level of anguish. They just create from a different place.

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.