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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.

Tara Brach

Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Choice Lying Mindset Response Space
Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Attention Expression Love Pay
Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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Future Help Meditation Moments Present Thinking
When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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Different Fear Imperfection Life Moments Wrong
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
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Big Freedom Live Old Pattern Tragedy
Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Happiness Lying Missing Present
There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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Bold Imperfection Liberty Life Mess Wonderful
Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Body Emotion InterAction Thinking
But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Act Life Message Revolution Tender Time Treat
Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Desire End Suffering
Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Compassionate Relax Wisdom
There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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Choice Present Relate
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Act Choice Desire Freedom Live
In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what’s happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.
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Acceptance Basic Hold Judgement Kindness Mindset Way
Self-judgment continues to arise – it’s a strong habit – but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped me stop feeding the story of being unworthy.
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Commitment Fact Habit Judgement Myself Recognition Stop Story Strong
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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Easy Eyes Love Ourselves Praise Time

Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.

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