Angel Kyodo Williams

African-American Zen Priest

Acceptance
There is no limit to truths. We should be prepared to master all of them. In being prepared to accept any and all truths … just as it comes, without trying to change it to suit our needs, we become free of the anxiety that comes from the urge to change and control. By master I mean receive with our full minds, open and without resistance. It doesn't mean that you know everything. Rather, it means that you may not know anything at all in a situation, but you have become so open to the infinite possibilities that you can approach and accept anything. Even pain. We have to be just as willing to touch and acknowledge the pain as we are to feel the joy. Why? Because one doesn't exist without the other.
Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace , 2000

Anger
But it is not the feeling of anger itself that will make changes. It is how you respond to it. You can take the anger that you feel and make it productive rather than raging. You can use it as a catalyst for addressing wrong with great energy and power.
Ibid.

Attention / Awareness
It's your life that you are living. Don't pick and choose when you'll be there. All of it is yours. No one else suffers more if you waste it than you. Be patient with yourself and make every effort to be fully attentive so that you don't waste any of it.
Ibid.

Change
When we become aware of ourselves, we find the potential for radical transformation. If you want to change, that's where you have to start from. If you really wake up, if you really notice, it's inevitable that change will take place.
Ibid.