All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
PEMA CHODRONThe second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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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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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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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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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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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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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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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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