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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
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We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
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Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.
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In the end, that's what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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The only way to ease our pain is to experience it fully. Learn to stay with uneasiness, learn to stay with the tightening, so that the habitual chain reaction doesn't continue to rule your life.
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