Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.
Pema ChodronWe can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.
Pema ChodronIt's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share.
Pema ChodronA further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us.
Pema ChodronTake three conscious breaths. Just pause. Let it be a contrast to being all caught up. Let it be like popping a bubble. Let it be just a moment in time, and then go on. Maybe you are on your way to whatever you need to do for the day. You are in your car, or on the bus, or standing in line. But you can still create that gap by taking three conscious breaths and being right there with the immediacy of your experience, right there with whatever you are seeing, with whatever you are doing, with whatever you are feeling.
Pema Chodron