"Maitri means that we can still be crazy after all these years."

Pema Chodron ~ Maitri means that we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is to not try to throw ourselves away and become something better, its about befriending who we are already.

The ground of practice is you or me or whoever we are right now, just as we are. That's the ground, thats what we study, that's what we come to know with tremendous clarity and interest.

The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving-Kindness