Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.
Pema ChodronAll ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.
Pema ChodronClarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at whatโs happening.
Pema ChodronNow is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more cheerful in the future, it's because of our aspiration and exertion to be cheerful in the present. What we do accumulates; the future is the result of what we do right now.
Pema Chodron