No matter what feeling comes up - numbness, irritability, shame - if I let it arise and play itself through, I naturally open into wakefulness and care.

I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.

The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.

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.

When we see the secret beauty of anyone, including ourselves, we see past our judgment and fear into the core of who we truly are - not an entrapped self but the radiance of goodness.

Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.

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.