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“there’s more to liberation than trying to avoid discomfort, more to lasting happiness than pursuing temporary pleasures, temporary relief.”

Happiness Acceptance Mindfulness

Book:Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

Source: Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

“We spend all our energy and waste our lives trying to re-create these zones of safety, which are always falling apart. That's the essence of samsara - the cycle of suffering that comes from continuing to seek happiness in all the wrong places.”

Book:Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

Source: Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

“WE can learn to rejoice in even the smallest blessings our life holds. It is easy to miss our own good fortune; often happiness comes in ways we don’t even notice.”

Book:The Pocket Pema Chodron

Source: The Pocket Pema Chodron

“We can learn to act and think in ways that sow seeds of our future well-being, gradually becoming more aware of what causes happiness as well as what causes distress.”

Book:The Pocket Pema Chodron

Source: The Pocket Pema Chodron