All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
PEMA CHODRONTreat yourself as your own beloved child.
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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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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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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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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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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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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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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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.
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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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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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