Our Perpetual Struggle Against Life Obscures Our Clear, Unbiased Mind

‘Our perpetual struggle against life just as it is, is like a thick cloud over that continually obscures our clear mind, unbiased mind.

But once we’ve gained some sense of that relaxed, open mind- through formal meditation practice or by experiencing gaps and other moments of specialized in our daily life-

we can develop an appetite for whatever helps us pierce through the clouds.’

– Pema Chodron, How We Live Is How We Die

Before You Change Your Mind, You Must Answer These Questions

‘What is worth protecting?

What do I need to unlearn?

Who has already left the room?

Who is entering now?

What am I growing into?

Where am I regularly practicing an ordinary liturgy of change?

Where am I hesitant to embrace the work that change requires.’-

Emily P. Freeman, How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away