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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.

Sharon Salzberg

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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Change Control Effort Force Love Strength
Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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Appearance Kindness
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Compassion Improvement Patience Power
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Fight Philosophy
Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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Pain Practice Self Love Suffering Time
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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Change Present Vulnerable
We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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Ability Worth
Let the breath lead the way.
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Breathe One Liner
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Control Learning Let Go Moments
We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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Courage Deep Learning Live Need Past
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Kind Life Religious
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
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Expectation Experience Let Go Ourselves
When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
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Deep Different Philosophy
The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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Let Go Resilence
Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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Difficult Mind Remember
The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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Difficult Fear Kindness

For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.

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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.

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