Mindfulness develops the ability to be a real friend to ourselves.

We have nothing to fear from others because approval and acceptance lies within ourselves.from Chapter 4

If you often feel alone, ignored, or forgotten, think about this: closing the door and locking yourself in won't change anything—literally and figuratively.

The(re is no) End

I'd sleep and forget it; I had my own life, my own sad and ragged life forever.

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

Tools, of course, can be the subtlest of traps.

Don't live like there's no tomorrow, that's stupid. But live your life like it's a story that you would want to tell someone else. A little fun, a little exciting, a little sexy, and always off key.

you will not falter, because you will have the Everlasting Arm of the Lord God of Hosts to lean on. Yes. With God’s help you will stand.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

I was in my thirties before I learnt that I too would prefer not to see what I could no longer have

The problem when someone feels burned out, bored, unchallenged, or stifled by their work is not the job itself but rather the environment and playground rules given to them to do the job at hand.