When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.
PEMA CHODRONTo be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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Rejoicing 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.
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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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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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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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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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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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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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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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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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If you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
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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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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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