Just One Thing

We have a choice: we can let things change and do what we can, or we can fight it and likely end up feeling even worse....

To know yourself more deeply, track the breath inside yourself. Inhale, oxygen surges into your brain and activates and accelerates the heartbeat. Exhale, you activate the soothing peaceful nervous system. In the breath you are home in this moment, this Now. ...

To have compassion is to have the wish that beings not suffer combined with feelings of sympathetic concern....

Much of the time the fear we trigger in others is mild but people can feel threatened by stimuli they're not actually aware of....

There are two wolves in ones heart, a wolf of hate and a wolf of love. The wolf of hate breeds alienation and conflict with others. The wolf of love is fed with our hearts, hope and by our sense of what's good....

Humans are vulnerable to being alarmed, manipulated, and even intimidated by threats, both real ones and “paper tigers.” Understanding how your brain became so vigilant and wary, and so easily hijacked by alarm, is the first step toward gaining more control over that ancient circuitry...

Clinging is never relaxed and has a sense of strain. As you cling less, it becomes natural for one to lighten up, have more compassion and forgive....

Encourage your mind to come to rest at least occasionally. Tell the truth to yourself about how much time you actually - other than sleep....