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.
JACK KORNFIELDWithin each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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We can always begin again.
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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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