embrace whatever IS … (08/23/11)

“If it’s painful, you can learn to hold your seat and move closer to that pain. …

Become willing not just to endure it, but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you.

You learn to embrace it …

[And] if we enjoy what we are experiencing, think of other people and wish for them to feel that.

Be generous with your joy. Instead of fearing that it’s going to slip away and holding on to it,

… give away that which you most want.” ~ Pema Chodron