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A heartfelt sense of aspiring cuts through negativity about yourself it cuts through the heavy trips you lay on yourself.

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
Heavy
Ambition
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Aspiring
Sense
Trips
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Negativity
Cuts
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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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Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective.
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If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.
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What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself.
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We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
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