“It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.”
More from Pema Chödrön
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“The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.”
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“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.”
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“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”
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“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
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“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”