To know your inner heart, listen to the words of your wandering mind. Notice thoughts of belittlement, anger, greed, superiority, hopelessness, vanity, violence, or revenge.

Be grateful for these voices of inner darkness—they are fuel. Like rough stones or diamonds in the raw, they can be polished into brilliance or shaped into useful tools. With kindness, forgiveness, and reverence for all beings, transform and trade them for calm, passionate outcomes.

Feel the change you choose. Surrender to its sweetness. Breathe it into every cell. Become your true self, growing from adversity—an infinite stream of consciousness serving self and overflowing to serve others, where giving and receiving are one.