Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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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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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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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