Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
SHARON SALZBERGMindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize our common humanity with others and see that real love excludes no one.
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Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind.
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Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
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Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
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If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Let the breath lead the way.
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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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