Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.
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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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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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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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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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Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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