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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.

Tara Brach

People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Angry Conflict Feeling People
The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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Connection Kindness Mindset Ourselves Wings World
When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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Different Fear Imperfection Life Moments Wrong
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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Easy Eyes Love Ourselves Praise Time
Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Compassionate Relax Wisdom
There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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Choice Present Relate
But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Act Life Message Revolution Tender Time Treat
Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Choice Lying Mindset Response Space
We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
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Heart Live Mindset Moments Ourselves True
Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Desire End Suffering
Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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Attitude Challenge Determination Freedom Life Suffering
By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
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Beginning Creation Heart Kindness Love
We’re so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it’s difficult to be authentic and trust that we’ll be accepted just as we are.
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Acceptance Achievement Authentic Difficult Present Self Love
There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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Bold Imperfection Liberty Life Mess Wonderful
Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Happiness Lying Missing Present
Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Beautiful End Offering Ourselves Pursuit Spirit

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