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If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.

Sharon Salzberg

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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Change Control Effort Force Love Strength
Let the breath lead the way.
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Breathe One Liner
The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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Imagination Love Place Start
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Change Deep Life
Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws us to realize our ideals, walk our talk,and act in accord with what we know to be true.
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Act Faith Force Ideal True Understand Walk
Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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Faith Freedom Growth Mindset Wisdom
Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
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Attention Ourselves Philosophy Training
Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Fear Money Time
For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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Connection Love Peace Reflection Simplicity
By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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Compassion Home Joy Love Ourselves
The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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Let Go Resilence
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Kind Life Religious
For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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Change Courage Perseverance Story
We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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Forget Person Vulnerable
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Control Learning Let Go Moments
Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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Attention Inspirational Yourself

If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.

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If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.

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