Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
PEMA CHODRONEach person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life … everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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If you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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I can’t overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back.
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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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