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Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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Allow situations in your life to become your teacher.
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The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.
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