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“. If you really want to know how you are you, simply pay attention to everything, believe nothing, and don’t take anything personally. Everything is a clue. Every resistance, every little bit of miserable conditioning, every cry of helpless victimization brings you a gift of clarity, wisdom, and compassion. Don’t miss any of it.”
― How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
― How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Nothing is wrong with and never was”
― There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
― There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
“The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I’ll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I’ll become saccharine and won’t develop much compassion for other people’s suffering. Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which helps make compassion possible.”
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“Rather than going from where we are to where we want to be, we need to remember to be where we are, here, now. We don 't need to go anywhere else or do anything else. We don't need to go from here to there; we need to
return from there to here.”
― How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
return from there to here.”
― How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Many of us are metaphorically standing in a ring of fire. The assaults of life have pushed us through a wall of fire and here we are, standing in the middle of a circle of flames. The conundrum we face in the circle is: would we rather spend the rest of our lives very uncomfortable, hot and singed, or do we have the courage to walk through the wall of flames again, experiencing a short burning sensation, to freedom from fire? The benefits of being”
― The Second Circle: How to Use Positive Energy for Success in Every Situation
― The Second Circle: How to Use Positive Energy for Success in Every Situation
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