“We are what we have practiced.  What we practice now is what we will become.”

“Everything is your teacher if you look at it in that way.”

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”

“You are an aperture thru which the universe is looking at and exploring itself”

You want to feel peaceful and energized? Let your #humanityand your #divinityco-habitate and co-create.

“Closing your heart does not really protect you from anything; it just cuts you off from your source of energy. In the end, it only serves to lock you inside”

“You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation… and that is called loving. Well then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.”

“Turn your wounds in to wisdom “

“And I’d choose you; In a hundred lifetimes, In a hundred worlds, In any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.”

“Only by welcoming uncertainty from the get-go can we acclimate ourselves to the shattering wonder that enfolds us.”

“You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked.  Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”

“You will be with you longer than anyone else on the planet. Why not make it a good (right) relationship”

“Open your heart.  Open your mind.  And then, if and only if it’s help-full, open your mouth”

“The relationship between mother and child is the foremost analogy used in developing compassion.”

“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is: even if we’re ever apart, I’ll always be with you. I’ll always be with you. Always be with you…”

“There is nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die and after your death. I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. “