Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
PEMA CHODRONThe greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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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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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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I can’t overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.
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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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