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Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

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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Holding on to anything blocks wisdom.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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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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Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.
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If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down.
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By becoming intimate with how we close down and how we open up, we awaken our unlimited potential.
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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 wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.
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Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.
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