Feel the feelings and drop the story.
PEMA CHODRONTo be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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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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Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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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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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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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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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life … everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
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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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