Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.

Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.

We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.

We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising and passing phenomena. While this isn't easy, as we cultivate the clear seeing and compassion of Radical Acceptance, we discover we can open fully to this natural force, and remain free in its midst.

When you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with intention and clarity and kindness.