Instead of asking ourselves, 'How can I find security and happiness?' …

Pema Chodron
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Instead of asking ourselves, 'How can I find security and happiness?' we could ask ourselves, 'Can I touch the center of my pain? Can I sit with suffering, both yours and mine, without trying to make it go away? Can I stay present to the ache of loss or disgrace-disapp ointment in all its many forms-and let it open me?' This is the trick. ✨ Pema Chodron (2008). The Pocket Pema Chodron, p.30, Shambhala Publications
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