Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
PEMA CHODRONThe truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.
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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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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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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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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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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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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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If you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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