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Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
Writer
New York City
New York
Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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Patience
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In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.
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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
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Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvemen t can have temporary results, but lasting transformation occurs only when we honor ourselves as the source of wisdom and compassion.
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Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
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Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.
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Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.
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To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will affect how you experience your world. In fact, it will transform how you experience the world. What you do for yourself, you’re doing for others, and what you do for others, you’re doing for yourself.
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The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.
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The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.
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Opening to the world begins to benefit ourselves and others simultaneously. The more we relate with others, the more quickly we discover where we're blocked.
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