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We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.

Sharon Salzberg

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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Attention Material Ourselves World
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
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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Ability Connection Need Ourselves
Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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Alive Feeling Kindness
People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
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Bad Break Decision Disappointment Goodness People
With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Attachment Desire Existence
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
Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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Compassion Feeling Love Spiritual Thinking
As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Peace Transformation
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
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
Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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Difficult Effort Perseverance Willing
Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
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Happiness Kindness Let Go Right
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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Difficult Feeling Life Love Reality Strength
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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Change Present Vulnerable
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Imagination Inspirational Power Yourself

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