We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, and unbiased.

Pema Chödron

from the book Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

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Further quotes from the book Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change:

• What are you doing when you are unhappy
• The real cause of our suffering
• Beyond our comfort zone
• The mandala of our life
• Just our personal viewpoint
• Difficult relationships
• Groundlessness
• Holding a diversity party in our living room
• Building Inner Strength
• A Wall of Truth
• Unfettered mind
• Stepping-stones for awakening our compassion
• Everything and everyone is in process
• Forever in flux
• Embracing the groundlessness of our situation
• The knack of refraining
• The detox period
• Renouncing one thing
• Practicing with Strong Emotions