Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
PEMA CHODRONWe work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don’t lose your sense of perspective.
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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
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It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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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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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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Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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