Pema Chodron Quotes:
Ocupation: Nun
Life: b. July 14, 1936
Birthday: July 14
We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, that’s who we are. We mistake the openness of our being—the inherent wonder and surprise of each moment—for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer.
topic: Mistake, Self, Suffering, Exaggerating, Defining Ourselves, Belittle, Precious Time
