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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.”
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
“I’m not okay; you’re not okay. It’s okay.”
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
“I have always relied on myself. I have tried to help others, but have done things alone and it has always worked, more or less. But here I could not rely on myself. I fell through the bottom, and hands reached out to catch me. Of all the events around my illness, that is the most shocking. That is what asks for the greatest change in how I see the world.”
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
“The Case of the Impossible Person Never wrestle with a hog The hog gets dirty You get dirty But the hog enjoys it. —American Folk Saying”
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
“The practice of patience means not returning threats, anger, attacks or insults. But this does not mean being purely passive. Instead we use the other person’s energy, as in judo. . . . Our response is self-defensive in the sense that we do not return such a person’s threat, and at the same time we prevent further aggression by allowing the other person’s own energy to undercut itself.”
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
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