Excerpt from When Things Fall Apart

"When we are training in the art of peace, we are not given any promises that, because  of our noble intentions, everything will be okay. In fact, there are no promises of fruition at all. Instead, we are encouraged to simply look deeply at joy and sorrow, at laughing and crying, at hoping and fearing, at all that lives and dies. We learn that what truly heals is gratitude and tenderness."  ~ Pema Chodron