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We can drop the fundamental hope that there is a better me who one day will emerge. We can't just jump over ourselves as if we were not there.

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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Fundamentals
Hope
Better
Emerge
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