Weekly Quotes from Pema Chodron

Sending and Taking

Usually we try to ward off feeling bad, and when we feel good we would like that to last forever. In tonglen, though, not only are we willing to breathe in painful things, we are also willing to breathe out our feelings of well-being, peace, and joy. We are willing to give these away, to share them with others.

Excerpted from: The Wisdom of No Escape And the Path of Loving-Kindness
by Pema Chödrön,
pages 62–63

Paul DiSegna July 17, 2019