Extend an act of kindness each day. No one has to know. It can be a smile, reassuring words, a small favor - without expecting something in return.

As long as we are alive, we feel fear. It is an intrinsic part of our makeup, as natural as a bitter cold winter day or the winds that rip branches off trees. If we resist it or push it aside, we miss a powerful opportunity for awakening.

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

The main thing going on around intimacy is that we've developed a lot of strategies so we'll be a desirable package.

Presence is not some exotic state that we need to search for or manufacture. In the simplest terms, it is the felt sense of wakefulness, openness, and tenderness that arises when we are fully here and now with our experience.

It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.

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