The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
PEMA CHODRONNothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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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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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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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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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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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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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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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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