May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
JACK KORNFIELDHave respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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