You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and all states of mind. Only by listening inwardly in a fresh and open way will you discern at any given time what most serves your healing and freedom.

Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.

We are continually experiencing the conditioning to hold on, tighten, or resist.

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.