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Hoping is a balancing act.

   Mon, January 21, 2008 - 11:36 AM
Hoping is a balancing act. If I hope too much I become unaware of the present and fixated on the future. I forget to enjoy now. If I stop hoping, I fall into despair, disregard the present and the future; forgetting the endless possibilities in each new moment.
Mon, January 21, 2008 - 11:36 AM - permalink - 2 Comments



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Nancy
Nancy
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Mon, January 21, 2008 - 11:48 AM
Interesting that you should post this Sam; I just bought "Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach, in my quest to rewrite all those negative, anxiety-provoking tapes.
Kinnari
Kinnari
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 2:08 PM
i'm rereading pema chodron's book on what we do when life falls apart.

it's really profound.

it gives me hope - not that things will go perfectly and that my future will be free of suffering, but that when the inevitable suffering that this world brings us happens, i will choose to be grateful, learn the lessons i have yet to learn, and count my blessings - of which you are one.

take care my dear online friend.
 
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