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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

Pema Chodron

It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
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Hard Time Ourselves Reaction Suffering
If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.
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Attention Fact Heart Person Shout Stand Yourself
All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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Creation Future Inspirational Motivational Need Open Yourself
Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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Certain Death Important Philosophy Time
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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Change Experience Grasp Meditation Ourselves Pattern Thinking
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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Destruction Expose Ourselves
So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
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Compassionate Path Reality Spiritual Start Suffering Ugly Yourself
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Connection Greatness Joy Obstacle Ourselves
Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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Care Feeling Hope Irritation Listening Reminder
Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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Achievement Best Moments Perfection Worry Yourself
Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life … everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
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Awake Life Limitation Person Stand Thinking Vehicle Yourself
Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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Pain Resistance Suffering
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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Acceptance Important Myself Right Thinking
Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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Moments Time Unique
All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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Best Hard Time Situation Teaching Tough Yourself
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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Complaint Emotional Fortune Goodness Inspirational Ordinary Rejoice World

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