"Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. The trick to doing this is to stay with emotional distress without tightening into aversion; to let fear soften us rather than harden into resistance."
- Comfortable With Uncertainty by Pema Chodron
Oooh, this is good.
Dealing with uncertainty is something I've always struggled with; or rather - against. Realizing I don't have to fight against my fear is such a relief. I can sit with it... ask it questions... maybe even make friends with it instead.
3 comments:
what are you afraid of?
i'm afraid of losing the strength + joy i've found in myself over the past few years.
(next time, don't be anonymous!)
sitting with fear is such a great gift to give yourself!
funny my friend just showed me this book last week.
love you girlfriend!
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