Science tells us that love not only diminishes the experience of physical pain but can make us—and our beloveds—healthier.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.

As a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American.

In Buddhism there is one word for mind & heart: chitta. Chitta refers not just to thoughts and emotions in the narrow sense of arising from the brain, but also to the whole range of consciousness, vast & unimpeded.

Everyone we interact with has the capacity to surprise us in an infinite number of ways. What can first open us up to each of our innate capacities for love is merely to recognize that.

One foundation of loving relationships is curiosity, keeping open to the idea that we have much to learn even about those we have been close to for decades.

Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.