We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.
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The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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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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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 greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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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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The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
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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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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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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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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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