"The source of our unease is the unfulfillable longing for a lasting certainty and security, for something solid to hold on to.
When anything unexpected or not to our liking happens, we think something has gone wrong. Even at the most mundane level, we get so easily triggered—someone cuts in front of us, we get seasonal allergies, our favorite restaurant is closed when we arrive for dinner.
We are never encouraged to experience the ebb and flow of our moods, of our health, of the weather, of outer events—pleasant and unpleasant—in their fullness. Instead we stay caught in a fearful, narrow holding pattern of avoiding any pain and continually seeking comfort. This is the universal dilemma."
Pema Chodron, in Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
-Pema Chödrön
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"La pace con te stesso arriva quando decidi di non permettere più ad un evento o ad un' altra persona di governare le tue emozioni."
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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.
~ Pema Chodron
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"When we pause, allow a gap, and breathe deeply, we can experience instant refreshment. Suddenly we slow down, look out, and there’s the world."
Pema Chodron, in Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
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