“Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.”
“Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise… can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.”
“We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same.”
“Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.”
“The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses.”
“We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
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“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
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“If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay.”
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
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“Even in the darkest time, the sun is not vanquished… Let us all bring more light and compassion into the world.”
“Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are”
“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”
“Trust love even if it brings sorrow. Do not close up your heart.”
Rabindranath Tagore
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“Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.”
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
“Allow nature to teach you stillness.”
“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal.”
“Suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry… You may even experience them as friends coming to show you what you have not yet investigated thoroughly enough.”
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day… is by no means a waste of time.”
