Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
PEMA CHODRONThe greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
-
-
All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
PEMA CHODRON -
Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
PEMA CHODRON -
Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
PEMA CHODRON -
Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
PEMA CHODRON -
Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
PEMA CHODRON -
Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
PEMA CHODRON -
Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
PEMA CHODRON -
Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
PEMA CHODRON -
Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
PEMA CHODRON -
All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
PEMA CHODRON -
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.
PEMA CHODRON -
We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
PEMA CHODRON -
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
PEMA CHODRON -
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.
PEMA CHODRON -
Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
PEMA CHODRON