All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
PEMA CHODRONAll you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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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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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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Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
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The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
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