Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and
find
all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it.”
~ Rumi
“The only reason we don’t open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don’t feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else’s eyes. ”
And…
“When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent,
dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your
capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be
afraid. You’re able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your
mind open. And you notice when you get caught up in prejudice, bias, and
aggression. You develop an enthusiasm for no longer watering those
negative seeds, from now until the day you die. And, you begin to think
of your life as offering endless opportunities to start to do things
differently.”
Pema Chodron
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