Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
THICH NHAT HANHBe angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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