Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
PEMA CHODRONIf someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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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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When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.
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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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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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