When we open to love, we become love.

When I'm attached, I find that I don't see the other person as clearly because I'm more caught up in what I'm wanting.

Allowing another to be as they are is more what I think of as "space." The space to express yourself and know that you're going to be accepted. That's more where I go than with the actual physical logistics of how much time you have together and how much time you have apart.

If [kids] get into loving relationships, they're afraid they'll be found wanting, won't have the looks or body shape our culture deems worthy. Many of us feel we're falling short and if we start feeling close to another person, that we'll be found out and rejected.

With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.

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

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