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.
PEMA CHODRONFeelings 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.
PEMA CHODRONIf we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
PEMA CHODRONLet difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
PEMA CHODRONThe future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
PEMA CHODRONThe second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
PEMA CHODRONThings falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
PEMA CHODRONBy the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
PEMA CHODRONIn meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
PEMA CHODRONRejoicing 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.
PEMA CHODRONI 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.
PEMA CHODRONWhatever 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.
PEMA CHODRONDeep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
PEMA CHODRONThe best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
PEMA CHODRONIn the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
PEMA CHODRONEvery moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
PEMA CHODRONThere’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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