Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we …

Pema Chodron
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Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go. ✨ Pema Chodron (2003). Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion, p.133, Shambhala Publications
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Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go. ✨ Pema Chodron (2003). Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion, p.133, Shambhala Publications

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