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We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?
Jack Kornfield
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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life.
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It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.
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