Deepak is definitely helping to create a wiser and more compassionate world through his teaching. He has what the Tibetans call ding. This is similar to confidence but more of a deep inner unshakeable confidence when you are comfortable in your own skin.

There is an invisible and infinite part of ourselves that knows our deepest purpose. Do what makes you feel amazing. And listen to the quiet whispers (or elbow nudges) of your heart. Your intuition and excitement will bring you in alignment with your purpose.

You can't stop believing in yourself. I used to have major problems with confidence but you have to believe in yourself because that's when you'll be at your best. If you do good, it really does boomerang back to you; maybe not right away, but it will. Be confident. Be you.

While crappy things happen in work and in life, it's not the events themselves that matter. It's how we handle them that make all the difference.

While I'd like to think that I'd never intentionally hurt anyone, I know I have done so, more than I'll ever know. I believe that if each of us follow Martin Richard's plea -- "no more hurting people" -- at a whole new level, the world will be a safer place.

Change is like going on an expedition: It can be a trudge or a hike. Take it all in and enjoy the view, or focus on the faults -- it's absolutely a choice. Here are some lessons I've learned about encountering change, some by resisting it and some by jumping into it with two feet.

In retrospect, the officer's silence was a way of acknowledging that a young man had demonstrated a commitment to upholding his word. Perhaps the universe shined favorably upon me, too, for helping a fellow denizen of the planet.

Observing the world of these preschoolers, unburdened by the ticking clock, empty of resentment and worry, engaged with the natural world, creativity and imagination... it kind of makes me envy them.

Today I wake and I am not a therapist or teacher, but a student. I am a humble student in awe of the new world in which we live.