Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
PEMA CHODRONBeing satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
PEMA CHODRONIf you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
PEMA CHODRONRejoicing 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.
PEMA CHODRONOnly to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
PEMA CHODRONIt isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
PEMA CHODRONFeelings 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 CHODRONThings falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
PEMA CHODRONUsually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
PEMA CHODRONYou are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
PEMA CHODRONDeep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
PEMA CHODRONOpenness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
PEMA CHODRONNever give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
PEMA CHODRONWe work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
PEMA CHODRONSticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
PEMA CHODRONIn meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
PEMA CHODRONThe second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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