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Life Challenges by pema chodron

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The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness

It's true, as they say, that we can only love others when we first love ourselves—and we can only experience real joy when we stop running from pain. The key to understanding these truisms is simple but not easy: We must learn to open ourselves up to life in all its manifestations.

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Cultivating Openness When Things Fall Apart

Pema Chödrön and bell hooks talk about facing life’s challenges, in this 1997 conversation from the Lion’s Roar archives.

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FindCenterNo matter how simplified or complicated life gets, it can make us miserable or it can wake us up.

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FindCenterFear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

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FindCenterThe most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

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FindCenterTo be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.

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FindCenterNothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. Maybe the only enemy is that we don’t like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away fast.

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FindCenterWe 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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FindCenterRejoicing 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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