Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
THICH NHAT HANH
To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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