Rather than becoming more relaxed, you start pulling down the shades and locking the door. When you do go out, you find the experience more and more unsettling and disagreeable. You become touchier, more fearful, more irritable than ever. The more you try to get it your way, the less you feel at home.


Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2001) - ISBN: 9780834821163

Pema Chödrön Quotes

Rather than becoming more relaxed, you start pulling down the shades and locking the door. When you do go out, you find the experience more and more...

Rather than becoming more relaxed, you start pulling down the shades and locking the door. When you do go out, you find the experience more and more...

Rather than becoming more relaxed, you start pulling down the shades and locking the door. When you do go out, you find the experience more and more...

Rather than becoming more relaxed, you start pulling down the shades and locking the door. When you do go out, you find the experience more and more...