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.
PEMA CHODRONAppreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
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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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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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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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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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If you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
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Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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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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