Another simple and powerful way to dissolve problems is not to dwell upon the outcome of your actions. Instead, learn to value each action (no matter how small or large), to do it with complete attention. Your joy and satisfaction comes from doing each action with a whole heart and mind. Results and consequences then take care of themselves. When you are not absorbed by concern for outcomes, how much anxiety can you ever have?
Brenda ShoshannaWhen we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.
Brenda ShoshannaA time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.
Brenda ShoshannaZen practice asks you not to worry about who you 'should' become. Find out who you are right now.
Brenda ShoshannaWe create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone.
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