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.
JAY SHETTYWe say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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The more we define ourselves in relation to the people around us, the more lost we are.
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We don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility. My limitations make space for the gifts of other people
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But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.
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Good thing, bad thing, who knows.
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You can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
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To walk down the same old path and find a new stone is to open your mind.
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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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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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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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Too often we love people who don’t love us, but we fail to return the love of others who do.
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Pride of wealth destroys wealth, pride of strength destroys strength and in the same manner pride of knowledge destroys knowledge.
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You are who you are when no one is watching.
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We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
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Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.
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They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego cage of I, me, and mine
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Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life
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Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
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Treat yourself with the same love and respect you want to show to others.
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I wish is code for I don’t want to do anything differently.
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Most of our communication is nonverbal.
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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
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No matter how much we grow, we are never free of daily chores and routines, but to be enlightened is to embrace them. The outside may look the same, but inside you are transformed.
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