Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
JAY SHETTYWe say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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When we bluff our way through life, pretending to be who we are not, we end up looking worse than we truly are.
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Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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When you’re brushing, just brush. When you’re showering, just shower.
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The arrogant ego desires respect, whereas the humble worker inspires respect.
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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life
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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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Find me someone who has gone to the darkest parts of their own character where they were so close to their own self-destruction and found a way to get up and out of it, and I will bow on my knees to you. You’re my teacher.
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Because the only thing that stays with you from the moment you’re born until the moment you die is your breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. The one thing that stays with you is your breath.
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If you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
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Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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Don’t judge the moment.
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A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
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You are not your success or your failure.
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When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.
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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
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