The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
PEMA CHODRONTreat yourself as your own beloved child.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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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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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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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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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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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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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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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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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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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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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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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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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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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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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.
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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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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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In the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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