The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
PEMA CHODRONThe truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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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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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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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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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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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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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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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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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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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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