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Pema Chodron Quotes: "Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment."

Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Treat yourself as your own beloved child."

Treat yourself as your own beloved child.




Pema Chodron Quotes: "We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake."

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found."

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.




Pema Chodron Quotes: "Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings."

Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger."

Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."

Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward.




Pema Chodron Quotes: "Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go."

Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck."

Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings."

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered."

Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal."

The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.




Pema Chodron Quotes: "Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things."

Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68)"

So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68)



Pema Chodron Quotes: "No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a pill, or distract ourselves, but by all means make it go away. (5)"

No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a pill, or distract ourselves, but by all means make it go away. (5)



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Whatever you are doing, take the attitude of wanting it directly or indirectly to benefit others. Take the attitude of wanting it to increase your experience of kinship with your fellow beings."

Whatever you are doing, take the attitude of wanting it directly or indirectly to benefit others. Take the attitude of wanting it to increase your experience of kinship with your fellow beings.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love is the only truth; everything else is an illusion."

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love is the only truth; everything else is an illusion.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights."

Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity."

To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Everybody loves something, even if it's only tortillas."

Everybody loves something, even if it's only tortillas.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The next step is to learn to communicate with the people that you feel are causing your pain and misery- not to learn how to prove them wrong and yourself right but how to communicate from the heart."

The next step is to learn to communicate with the people that you feel are causing your pain and misery- not to learn how to prove them wrong and yourself right but how to communicate from the heart.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide."

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have."

Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind."

This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too."

When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion."

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego."

Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds."

Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer."

It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "What if rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, we accepted it and relaxed into it?"

What if rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, we accepted it and relaxed into it?



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?"

Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment."

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment."

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space."

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?"

The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment."

The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go."

This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure."

When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The truth is that good and bad coexist; sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other."

The truth is that good and bad coexist; sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate."

The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation."

This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!"

One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!



Pema Chodron Quotes: "The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving."

The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "If we're willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be eliminated, then we can have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation. This is the first step on the path."

If we're willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be eliminated, then we can have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation. This is the first step on the path.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully."

Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness."

There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?"

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?



Pema Chodron Quotes: "A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next."

A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next.



Pema Chodron Quotes: "Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us."

Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.