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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.

Sharon Salzberg

When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
SHARON SALZBERG

Deep Different Philosophy
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Fight Philosophy
We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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Ability Worth
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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Compassion Life Resilence Strong
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
The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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Attention Deep Difference Happiness Misery Philosophy
Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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Moments See
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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Change Present Vulnerable
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
We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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Freedom Ourselves Story True Love
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Change Deep Life
The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
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Hate Mindset Science Thinking
Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.
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Change Fear Happiness Integrity Life Nature Ourselves True
If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
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Love Ourselves Self Love True
The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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Imagination Love Place Start
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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Anger Force Forgiveness

Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.

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