Somewhere between the past and the future there is a present waiting for you; to open yourself to its Presence...

To realize that I AM -- and always have been what I was scarcely aware of in days gone by -- is the first faint, but deep stirring of the Truth that sets you free...

The more we complain about any unwanted moment in life, the more certain we can be that it will repeat itself.

Question: My daughter is leaving for college soon and her journey apart from me will begin. As I let her go to find her own way in the world, what spiritual encouragement can I give her? Answer: There is nothing greater in this life, to do with one's life, than to make an offering of it. In some ways, some days, this kind of sacrifice may feel as nothing, and to no end...

There is no Love in thought; no wisdom in knowledge. There is no kindness, let alone compassion in any image; were Michelangelo himself to have painted the likeness of the most tantalizing loaf of bread ever imagined... still, it could do nothing to ease the pain of hunger.

No unwanted experience of life will ever be “over” for us until we’re inwardly awake enough... to get over wishing that it was.

Nothing serves to create a greater sense of isolation -- a feeling of being cut off from life -- than being at the center of your own thoughts about yourself...

Hanging onto a handful of anxious, worried thoughts to protect you from what they point to as a fearful moment to come, is like wrapping your arms around the anchor of a sinking ship...