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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.

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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Act Choice Desire Freedom Live
Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Sight Thinking Yourself
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
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
Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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Carry Feeling Path Travel
Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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Encounter Path Yourself
The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Acceptance Boundary Freedom Ourselves
Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Desire End Suffering
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
By 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.
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Beginning Creation Heart Kindness Love
Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person’s vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that’s very fluid and graceful.
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Dance Each Grace Kind Person Space Togetherness Truth Vulnerable
When we open to love, we become love.
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Inspirational Love Open Spiritual
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
Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Compassionate Relax Wisdom
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
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

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