If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.

If I can forgive the attachment in myself and open to the vulnerability that's underneath it, then rather than fixating on another person to satisfy my need, I'm actually going right to where the needs come from and able to bring a real healing.

We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.

If there's a demand of being together in a certain way, those expectations and judgements take away from that space and create an edginess and a cramped-ness to the relationship.

Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.

The fear side can have us pull away and protect us, but it's really a withdrawal, a disassociation, a cutting off. Rather than the word detachment, I usually use the word non-attachment. That can be wholesome when we care and are completely engaged with each other but are not attached to things being a certain way.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.