In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

Doing nothing means unplugging from the compulsion to always keep ourselves busy, the habit of shielding ourselves from certain feelings, the tension of trying to manipulate our experience before we even fully acknowledge what that experience is.

What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life.

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations.

By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.