"Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties, it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it."

Pain, Mindfulness, Healing, Truth

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"Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties, it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it."

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"Maybe you receive pain selfishly - thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant, both victim and aggressor."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"I must never equate the degree of pain as evidencing the incorrectness of a decision, for if I do I will default on some of the most critical decisions I should have ever made."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"One fire burns out another's burning,One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"You are never more alive than when you are enraptured by pain."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Yesterday he had limped, but today there was no part of his feet that didn't hurt, so limping did no good."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

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"There's wall of agony between dreams and reality."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"We are never taught more deeply and more truthfully than by pain."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Pain is the University of Life."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"She'd felt more pain from Nico in their brief connection than she had from her entire legion during the battle against the giant Polybotes."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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Explore more quotes by Sharon Salzberg

"With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize our common humanity with others and see that real love excludes no one."

Humanity

"How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships."

Conflict

"In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go."

Mindset

"It takes a special courage to challenge the rigid confines of our accustomed story. It's not easy to radically alter our views about where happiness comes from but it's eminently possible."

Mindset

"Sometimes people in abusive situations think they're responsible for the other person's happiness or that they're going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that it's not all up to you to make someone else happy."

Healing

"The practice of loving-kindness is about cultivating love as a trans-formative strength."

Love

"Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That's life. That's human nature."

Relationship

"Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in an effort to bridge the inevitable and healthy space that always exists between two people."

Relationship

"A relationship is the union of two psychological systems."

Relationship

"When we are willing to explore our own experiences, we open the doorway to deeper connection and intimacy."

Connection