Welcome Back to the Quote of the Week. A little practical advice from Thubten Chodron is this week's Quote of the Week!
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“It can be difficult to accept others and to accept ourselves. “I should be better. I should be something different. I should have more.” all of this is conception; it’s all mental fabrication. It’s just the mind churning up “shoulds,” “ought tos,” and “supposed tos.” all this is conceptual rubbish, and yet we believe it. Part of the solution is to recognize that these thoughts are conceptual rubbish and not reality; this gives us the mental space not to believe them. When we stop believing them, it becomes much easier to accept what we are at any given moment, knowing we will change in the next moment. We’ll be able to accept what others are in one moment, knowing that they will be different in the next moment. This is good stuff for everyday practice; it’s very practical."
Thubten Chodron
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“It can be difficult to accept others and to accept ourselves. “I should be better. I should be something different. I should have more.” all of this is conception; it’s all mental fabrication. It’s just the mind churning up “shoulds,” “ought tos,” and “supposed tos.” all this is conceptual rubbish, and yet we believe it. Part of the solution is to recognize that these thoughts are conceptual rubbish and not reality; this gives us the mental space not to believe them. When we stop believing them, it becomes much easier to accept what we are at any given moment, knowing we will change in the next moment. We’ll be able to accept what others are in one moment, knowing that they will be different in the next moment. This is good stuff for everyday practice; it’s very practical."
Thubten Chodron
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
“And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.”
The Beatles
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"Word for the Year" Update
“And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.”
The Beatles
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"Word for the Year" Update
Here are the Words that Quote of the Week members are using as their single focus to create a more powerful future. What will your word be? It's still not to late to email it in and receive a poster with your word!
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Did you miss a Quote from 2014?
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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