When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
PEMA CHODRONInner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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 someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.
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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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In the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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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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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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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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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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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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