The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

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"In the end we discover that to love and let go can be the same thing."

- Jack Kornfield

Love

"“In the end we discover that to love and let go can be the same thing.”"

- Jack Kornfield

Love

"To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own."

- Jack Kornfield

Compassion

"Bring your attention to the pain as if you were gently comforting a child, holding it all in a loving and soothing attention."

- Jack Kornfield

Compassion

"Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened."

- Jack Kornfield

Personal Growth

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"If you don’t share someone’s pain, you can never understand them."

- Nagato

Empathy

"Empathy is being concerned about the human being, not just their output."

- Simon Sinek

Empathy

"Great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and transparent."

- Liz Wiseman

Empathy

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."

- Romans 15:5

Empathy

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

Empathy