The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
PEMA CHODRONDon’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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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When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.
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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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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
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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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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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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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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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