Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
PEMA CHODRONThe future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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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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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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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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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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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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It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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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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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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