It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
PEMA CHODRONBe kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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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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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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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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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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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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The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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