Compassion with Equanimity phrases from Mindful Self-Compassion training
Everyone is on their own life journey. I am not the cause of this person’s suffering, nor is it entirely within my power to make it go...
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Lucy Chan
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
Blessing by John O'Donohue
On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind...
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Lucy Chan
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
Birdwings by Rumi
Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you are bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, here’s...
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Lucy Chan
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Stand Still by David Wagoner
Stand Still by David Wagoner The trees before you and the bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is a place called Here, And...
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Lucy Chan
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Quote by Lao Tzu
Do you have the patience to wait Until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving Until the right action arises by...
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Lucy Chan
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
This is a Poem about Perfectionism by Ginelle Testa
This is a poem about perfectionism. Grows in proportion to my reaction to it. Looms in size, threatening to consume my fingers and my...
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Lucy Chan
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
Perfectionism by Elizabeth Gilbert
Perfectionism is just fear in high heels and a mink coat trying to be fancy. - Elizabeth Gilbert
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Ethan Pollock
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,...
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Lucy Chan
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova
I will not die an unlived life I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to...
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Lucy Chan
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
Poem by Nayyirah Waheed
“and i said to my body. softly. ‘i want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath. and replied ‘i have been waiting my whole life for...
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Lucy Chan
- Jun 28, 2022
- 1 min
"Let it be." by Jon Kabat-Zinn
When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say. It's not a matter of letting...
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Ethan Pollock
- Jun 28, 2022
- 1 min
Just for Now, by Danna Faulds
Just for now, Without asking how, Let yourself sink into stillness. Just for now, lay down the weight You so patiently bear upon your...
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Lucy Chan
- Jun 28, 2022
- 1 min
Holding On and Letting Go by Erin Hanson
I was the type of person, That held onto things too tight, Unable to release my grip, When it no longer felt right, And although it gave...
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Lucy Chan
- May 8, 2022
- 1 min
Our True Heritage by Thich Nhat Hanh
The cosmos is filled with precious gems. I want to offer a handful of them to you this morning. Each moment you are alive is a gem,...
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Lucy Chan
- May 8, 2022
- 1 min
The Unbroken by Rashani Réa
There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond...
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Lucy Chan
- May 8, 2022
- 1 min
Earth, Teach Me ~ A Ute prayer
Earth, teach me quiet — as the grasses are still with new light. Earth, teach me suffering — as old stories suffer with memory Earth ,...
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Lucy Chan
- May 8, 2022
- 1 min
The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider
It is a kind of love, is it not? How the cup holds the tea, How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare, How the floor receives the...
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Ethan Pollock
- Apr 5, 2022
- 1 min
Only Breath by Rumi
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the...
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Ethan Pollock
- Mar 26, 2022
- 1 min
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let...
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Ethan Pollock
- Mar 26, 2022
- 1 min
With That Moon Language, by Hafiz
Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.” Of course you do not do this out loud; otherwise, someone would call the...
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