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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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Carry Feeling Path Travel
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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Freedom Heart Ideas Life Ourselves Philosophy
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
Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Desire End Suffering
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
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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Biology Nervous Ourselves Response Safety Science Smile
Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Choice Lying Mindset Response Space
Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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Attention Belief Ourselves Suffering Truth
Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Beautiful End Offering Ourselves Pursuit Spirit
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
The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Acceptance Boundary Freedom Ourselves
The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
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Company Connection Fact Freedom Path Spiritual
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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Act Expectation Kindness Oneself Return
The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
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Healing Intention Life Love Possible Powerful Present Simplicity Soft
On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Acceptance Discover Path Perfection Sacred Strive
With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.
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Accompany Drama Feeling Kind Mindset Presence Recognition Training

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