The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. In the beginning, you act like a warrior, and then you actually become brave.

Chögyam Trungpa

from the book Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness

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• Accommodating both wrong and right
• Now is everything
• Awareness without Concept
• Skillful means
• Realistic Ambition
• Ceasing to imprison ourselves
• Inner softness
• The creative aspect of everyday difficulties
• Getting into the world
• Just do it
• Finding yourself in the middle of a living situation
• The difference between the enlightened and the confused state of mind
• Work is real