When Things Fall Apart: Pema Chödrön on the Precious Opportunities in Difficult Times
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
“Discovering our identity comes first with uprooting everything we’ve ever known about who we are.”
“All of life…invites us into the experience of radical amazement that is a doorway to the divine.”
“Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long…[l]et it all pass. Let it go.”
“But you hold that promise still. KEEP GOING.”
“I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.”
“What God doesn’t will, I do not wish for.”