"Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle."
- Sharon Salzberg
"Self-love is an unfolding process that gains strength over time, not a goal with a fixed end point."
"We truly can reconfigure how we see ourselves and reclaim the love for ourselves that we’re innately capable of."
"Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff."
"When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished."
"Consider how the sky is unharmed by the clouds that pass through it, whether they are light and fluffy-looking or dark and formidable. A mountain is not moved by the winds blowing over it, whether gen..."
"Anger often makes us hurt ourselves more than any enemy."
"If we look at the force of anger, we can, in fact, discover many positive aspects in it. Anger is not a passive, complacent state. It has incredible energy. Anger can impel us to let go of ways we may..."
"Hatred does not help us alleviate our pain even in the slightest."
"Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away."