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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.

Jack Kornfield

To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
JACK KORNFIELD

Born Death Let Go Live Moments Oneself
Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
JACK KORNFIELD

Born Philosophy Spiritual
The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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Body Commitment Earth
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Day Forever Moments Night Open
The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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Courage Empty Greatness Love Nature Ourselves Seek True Willing
Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
JACK KORNFIELD

Compassion Juju Respect Yourself
Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Defend Difference Guide Ourselves
When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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Aggression Alive Angry Change Fact Ourselves Struggle
The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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Carry Compassionate Grief Heart Hold Honor World Yourself
Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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Achievement Heart Knowledge Touch Worth
Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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Consistency Fun Mindset Training Way Yourself
Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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Awake Breathe Compassionate Freedom Moments Perfection Yourself
Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Buddhist First Therapists
Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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Basic Beautiful Born Doubt Goodness Love Yourself
There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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Holy Moments People Place Wisdom
You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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Hands Heart Hold On Invitation Peace Possible Remember

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.

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