When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becom…

Pema Chodron
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When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart. ✨ Pema Chodron (2000). When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, p.115, Shambhala Publications
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When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart. ✨ Pema Chodron (2000). When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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