There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
TARA BRACHOn this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
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Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
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Extend an act of kindness each day. No one has to know. It can be a smile, reassuring words, a small favor – without expecting something in return.
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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
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