In the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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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Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don’t lose your sense of perspective.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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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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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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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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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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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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It isn’t the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it’s what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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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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