We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
PEMA CHODRONLet your curiosity be greater than your fear.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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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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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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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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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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So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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