Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your …

Pema Chodron
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Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do right now is what matters. ✨ Pema Chodron (2007). Always Maintain a Joyful Mind: And Other Lojong Teachings on Awakening Compassion and Fearlessness, p.57, Shambhala Publications
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