We wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness to the external events of our lives, which are ever changing, we’ll always be left waiting for it.

We are continually experiencing the conditioning to hold on, tighten, or resist.

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

We're so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it's difficult to be authentic and trust that we'll be accepted just as we are.

True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, its our own true nature.

Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.

The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.