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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary... Especially the ordinary.

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
Appreciate
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But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
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The future is the result of what we do right now.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.
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It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you. You learn to embrace it.
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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
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Being preoccupied with our self-image is like being deaf and blind. It's like standing in the middle of a vast field of wildflowers with a black hood over our heads. It's like coming upon a tree of singing birds while wearing earplugs.
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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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Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.
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Searching for happiness prevents us from ever finding it.
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