What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself.
Pema ChodronIf you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.
Pema ChodronIf you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and the environment suffer also, but you suffer more because you're being eaten up inside with rage, causing you to hate yourself more and more
Pema ChodronDo I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?
Pema ChodronLoving kindness towards ourselves doesn't mean getting rid of anything. It means we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is not to try to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
Pema Chodron