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.
PEMA CHODRONIf you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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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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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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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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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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