Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
Pema Chadron
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”
Sydney J. Harris
“Lean into the discomfort of the work.”
Brené Brown
“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”
Oprah Winfrey
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Ward
“I used to dislike being sensitive. I thought it made me weak. But take away that single trait, and you take away the very essence of who I am.”
Caitlin Japa
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
C.S. Lewis
“Thoughts fuel emotions. If you don’t like what you’re feeling, step back and examine what you’re thinking. Pain is inevitable, but you’ll suffer a lot less if you disengage from your thoughts.”
“Practice the pause. Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you’re about to react harshly and you’ll avoid doing and saying things you’ll later regret.”
Lori Deschene
“When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.”
“Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.”
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