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You must learn to sit with the restless, painful energy and not let the momentum pull you under and cause you to do the same thing over and over that's ruining your life and the lives of those around you.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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New York City
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Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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