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.
SHARON SALZBERGWe use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
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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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If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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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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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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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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Let the breath lead the way.
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