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.
PEMA CHODRONFeel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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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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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
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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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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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