Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
PEMA CHODRONAppreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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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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I can’t overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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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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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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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 future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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