Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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I 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.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
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The 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.
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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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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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If you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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