There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
TARA BRACHStopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
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Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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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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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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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We wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness to the external events of our lives, which are ever changing, we’ll always be left waiting for it.
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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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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.
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