Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
PEMA CHODRONAs our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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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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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life … everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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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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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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