It is absolutely fundamental that we learn, that when difficult situations and feelings arise, they are not obstacles to be avoided, but rather these very difficultities are, in fact, the path itself
Ezra Bayda
Tag: Fear
We cannot run away from ourselves
You can outdistance that which is running after you,
but cannot outdistance that which is running inside you.
African proverb
A wish when times are difficult
Help us to be the always-hopeful gardeners of the spirit,
who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth,
as without light nothing flowers.
May Sarton
When we are hurting
Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. Rumi
It is a bewildering thing in human life, that the thing that causes the greatest fear is the source of the greatest wisdom. Jung
One sees clearly only with the heart
It may be that when we no longer know what to do,
we have come to our real work
and when we no longer know which way to go
we have begun our real journey.
Wendell Berry
Challenges
A full life is not made up of an uninterrupted succession of pleasant sensations
but really comes from transforming the way we understand and work through the challenges of our existence.
Matthieu Ricard, The Art of Meditation
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