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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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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Act Choice Desire Freedom Live
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
Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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Future Help Meditation Moments Present Thinking
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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Arise Art Capacity Development Experience Natural Ourselves Sacred
Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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Encounter Path Yourself
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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Beautiful Heart Mystery Ourselves Poetry Touch World
Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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Life Perspective Philosophy Reality Wrong
There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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Bold Imperfection Liberty Life Mess Wonderful
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
Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Happiness Lying Missing Present
Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Attention Expression Love Pay
Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Compassionate Relax Wisdom
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 two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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Connection Kindness Mindset Ourselves Wings World
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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Easy Eyes Love Ourselves Praise Time
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

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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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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