One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
PEMA CHODRONOne of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
PEMA CHODRONIf you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
PEMA CHODRONThe truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
PEMA CHODRONWe 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 CHODRONOur 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 CHODRONUse what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
PEMA CHODRONBy the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
PEMA CHODRONBe kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
PEMA CHODRONAnything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
PEMA CHODRONAll situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
PEMA CHODRONDeep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
PEMA CHODRONNothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
PEMA CHODRONFeeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
PEMA CHODRONAppreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
PEMA CHODRONYou are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
PEMA CHODRONEvery moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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