All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
PEMA CHODRONWe can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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I can’t overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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