Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, and therefore it doesnβt do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness. We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what weβre doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or what weβre doing. The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves. β¨ Pema Chodron (2001). The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness, p.6, Shambhala Publications
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