When we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering. We’re discovering the universe. To the degree that there is bravery in ourselves—the willingness to look, to point directly at our own hearts—and to the degree that there is kindness towards ourselves, there comes the confidence that we can actually open ourselves to the world.
— Pema Chodron