We’re so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it’s difficult to be authentic and trust that we’ll be accepted just as we are.
TARA BRACHWe’re so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it’s difficult to be authentic and trust that we’ll be accepted just as we are.
TARA BRACHPeople don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
TARA BRACHThe most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
TARA BRACHAwakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
TARA BRACHWhere desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
TARA BRACHWhen we open to love, we become love.
TARA BRACHBy regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
TARA BRACHIn 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.
TARA BRACHWhen 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.
TARA BRACHExtend 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.
TARA BRACHEmotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
TARA BRACHOn this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
TARA BRACHRelaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
TARA BRACHMeditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
TARA BRACHThe two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
TARA BRACHHappiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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