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Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.
Sharon Salzberg
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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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