People get stuck a lot because they’re afraid to act; in the worst case,…we get so attached to some end result that we can’t function. We need help just to move on, only life doesn’t wait.
BERNIE GLASSMANI always tell people that if you get upset over what someone says, imagine him or her with a clown’s nose on and you won’t get so angry.
More Bernie Glassman Quotes
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We’re creating a little niche for ourselves instead of working the whole canvas.
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You can’t do the same stroke coming down a small stream as you would coming down Niagara Falls.
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Each of is an arm of Kannon, enabling Kannon to do her work. Like her, we’re also overwhelmed, but when we reallize that the millions of pieces are all operating as one, then there’s no problem.
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I always have this red nose in my pocket, and if it looks like I’m taking things too seriously, or the person I’m talking to is taking them too seriously, I put the nose on. It doesn’t matter what we’re doing or talking about, it doesn’t matter if we agree or disagree, the nose changes everything.
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Don’t make a whole to-do about it. Don’t get down on yourself be- cause you’re not an expert rower; don’t start reading too many books in order to do it right.
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Even if you’re only rowing down a stream, different things happen: maybe the wind changes, maybe the current, and suddenly everything’s different. So gently is really important.
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It’s very rare to be in a state where there’s nothing in, where you have no attachment to any idea or concept about yourself.
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Most important, once we study NVC we can’t ignore the potential for transformation that lies in any difficult relationship – if we only bother to communicate with skill and empathy.
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In every area, working with what you habitually reject is one of the best ways to facilitate growth and transformation.
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Sometimes you come to a fall and sometimes you come to white water. Your rowing has to adapt to the situation.
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When I spend time with students, they tell me that they’ve read something in a book or heard something from a teacher that they don’t think they’re living up to. And I tell them, “Take care of yourself right now.
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The extraordinary language of Nonviolent Communication is changing how parents relate to children, teachers to students, and how we all related to each other and even to ourselves. It is precise, disciplined, and enormously compassionate.
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Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning…look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.
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Befriend what’s happening, not just who you’re supposed to be or what the world should be like. This is where you are now. So how do you care for yourself this minute?
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I always tell people that if you get upset over what someone says, imagine him or her with a clown’s nose on and you won’t get so angry.
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