Heart Advice Quote of the Week from Pema Chodron

Loneliness

Cool loneliness allows us to look honestly and without aggression at our own minds. We can gradually drop our ideas of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other people think we want to be or ought to be. We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment.

Excerpted from:
Comfortable with Uncertainty
108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
by Pema Chödrön,
page 151

Paul DiSegna December 25, 2019