It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our li…

Sharon Salzberg
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It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings. ✨ FaceBook post bySharon Salzberg from Jul 17, 2011
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