Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.

The process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to see clearly what's happening in the body, to regard those feelings and sensations with kindness and acceptance, and to notice how they come and go.

When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.

Just remember that everyone is struggling; everyone is living with fear and uncertainty and it doesn't matter what their politics are.

Meditation helps us gain the capacity to relax, to connect with what is going on right here and right now, to connect with other people, to re-access our resourcefulness, our clarity and our ability to focus and keep an open heart.

We want to be in open, loving communion with each other and our greatest fear is intimacy. That it won't work and we'll be rejected.

There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them