If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to …

Pema Chodron
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If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you. You learn to embrace it. ✨ Pema Chodron (2001). Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living, p.7, Shambhala Publications
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