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Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

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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I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.
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Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.
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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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