The Sweetness of No Escape

This is a little quote that has been feeding me for years:

“Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis.  Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, and therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness.  We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we’re doing … the key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves.”  

Pema Chodron in The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness

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