It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to su…

Pema Chodron
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It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer. ✨ On Faith & Reason with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. August 4, 2006.
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The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. ✨ Pema Chodron (2008). The Pocket Pema Chodron, p.49, Shambhala Publications
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The future is the result of what we do right now. ✨ Tea with Pema Chodron in the Mayan Jungle. Interview with Karl Saliter, www.elephantjournal.com. May 11, 2012.

It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer. ✨ On Faith & Reason with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. August 4, 2006.

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