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Pain isn’t something we can accept or reject, it’s inevitable. Suffering, however, comes when we resist the pain that’s natural. Suffering is pain plus resistance. Could it be that peace is simply pain plus acceptance?
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“I learned today that life is very precious. Even when we’re determined to block the magic, it will get through and wake us up.”
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
“She was, on the contrary, inclined to be silent; she shrank from expressing herself even in talk, let alone in writing.”
― Night and Day
― Night and Day
“Self-esteem cannot be reclaimed while perfectionism prevails. Self-esteem is in many ways the opposite of perfectionism.”
― The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame
― The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame
“and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?”
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“Perfectionism also prevents us from letting in the love of others, no matter how abundant and genuine it is. When we are preoccupied with our deficiencies, we are often untouched by the nurturance others offer us. How tragic that so many of us are convinced we only deserve to be loved when we are happy or excelling.”
― The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame
― The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame
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