Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if yo…

Pema Chodron
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Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as you are in that moment, a way of saying, This is my experience right now, and it's okay. Then go into the next moment without any agenda. ✨ Pema Chodron (2012). Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change, p.72, Shambhala Publications
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