Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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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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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.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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 situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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