Basic wakefulness, natural openness, is always available. This openness is not something that needs to be manufactured. When we pause, when we touch the energy of the moment, when we slow down and allow a gap, self-existing openness comes to us. It does not require a particular effort. It is available anytime. As Chögyam Trungpa once remarked, “Openness is like the wind. If you open your doors and windows, it is bound to come in.”

Pema Chödron

from the book Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

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• Unconditional openness
• Realizing that we are never alone
• The path of pausing
• Getting unstuck
• Learning to accept the present moment
• Here, Now, Always
• Lean In
• Letting natural openness come to us
• A reservoir of courage