Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
PEMA CHODRONDon’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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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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Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don’t lose your sense of perspective.
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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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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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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.
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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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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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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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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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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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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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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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