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 CHODRONAppreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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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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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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Appreciate 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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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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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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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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