Brenda Shoshanna Quotes

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In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are.

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It is a mistake to expect all of our needs to be met by one person or in one relationship. Honor and be grateful for that which you receive. Don't become bitter and spend all your time focusing on that which the person is not able to provide.

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Whatever we can't love or accept in another, is a mirror of something we can't love or accept in ourselves.

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Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.

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Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.

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If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

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Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.

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When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.

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We create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone.

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What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.

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