Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ou…

Jack Kornfield
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Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves. ✨ Jack Kornfield (2012). Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are, p.115, Shambhala Publications
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Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves. ✨ Jack Kornfield (2012). Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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