Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
Pema ChodronThis moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.
Pema ChodronIt isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.
Pema Chodron