Feel the feelings and drop the story.
PEMA CHODRONOur true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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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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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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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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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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In the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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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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