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.
SHARON SALZBERGFor any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.
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We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues.
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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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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.
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Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.
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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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