Even when our intentions are noble and our efforts sincere, even when we dedicate our lives to the service of others, the corrosive pressure of frantic over-activity can nonetheless cause suffering in ourselves and others. A "successful" life can become a violent enterprise.

When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature.

Gratitude invites a sense of sufficiency.

In the soil of the quick fix is the seed of a new problem, because our quiet wisdom is unavailable.

We become what we love. Whatever you are giving your time and attention to, day after day, is the kind of person you will eventually become.

For thousands of years we have gathered in circle--around fires, around bodies, around altars--because we can't do this alone.

What if the healing of the world utterly depends on the ten-thousand invisible kindnesses we offer simply and quietly throughout the pilgrimage of each human life?