The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

We have been battered by modern times into obsessive problem solvers, but as life pares us down into only what is essential, it becomes clear that the deepest sufferings of heart and spirit cannot be solved, only witnessed and held.

I am ashamed to admit just how many times I have harmed others because, like my mother, I couldn't tolerate the unpredictable nature of their advance.

Greed is not restricted to money. It can work its appetite on anything.

But whatever it might be for you, it is more important to swim through the

When experiencing something troublesome, how many times do you go over it in your mind? Why? What would happen if you only went over it once?

we all see the same wonder, all feel the same agony, though we all speak in a different voice.

There is no end to worry, because there is no end to what exists out of view, beyond our very small eyes. So worry is a way to gamble with what might or might not happen.

the original sense of genius means attendant spirit—being in the care of something unseen but near. It is really another definition of wholeness or God,

We didn't talk about it, but it is the path off the path that brings us to God. For our hearts are just small birds waiting.