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Pema Chödrön is an ordained American Tibetan Buddhist nun. In addition to her work establishing the Tibetan Buddhist monastic tradition in the West, she is an author and teacher, working with spiritual seekers of all traditions. Her book When Things Fall Apart is a classic work on handling uncertainty.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageSo even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn’t sit for even one, that’s the journey of the warrior.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageLike all explorers, we are drawn to discover what’s out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid. You’re able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your mind open.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAll these trips that we lay on ourselves—the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds—never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way. We can shut down and feel resentful or we can touch in on that throbbing quality.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass. The castle is ours, off limits to others. We’re willing to attack if others threaten to hurt it.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs — or we don’t. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality — or we begin to challenge them. In Buddha’s opinion, to train in staying open and curious — to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs — is the best use of our human lives.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWithout giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageRejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.

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