Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth…

Pema Chodron
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Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened. ✨ Pema Chodron (2009). Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears, p.87, Shambhala Publications
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Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened. ✨ Pema Chodron (2009). Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears, p.87, Shambhala Publications

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