Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the ot…

Pema Chodron
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Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us. ✨ Pema Chodron (2008). The Pocket Pema Chodron, p.71, Shambhala Publications
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