“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again.”
"Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or hope that there's anywhere to hide."
- Pema Chodron
Awareness
"The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes."
- Pema Chodron
Compassion
"Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves."
- Pema Chodron
Compassion
"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no man’s land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again."
- Pema Chodron
Transformation
"Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already."
- Pema Chodron
Self-awareness
"Love has the power to transform even the most hideous of creatures."
- Beauty and the Beast
Transformation
"Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Transformation
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Transformation
"It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change."
- Queen Elizabeth II
Transformation
"Today is not just Tuesday, it is Transformation Tuesday. That means that success does not just come to you, you have to go out and get it. So what are you waiting for?"
Transformation