you feel most agitated right before you settle into a more substantial peace - Yung Pueblo

is easier to let go of someone’s opinion of you when you understand that others see you through a combination of their past conditioning and their current emotional state without realizing it, they see themselves first, and through that lens they get an unclear picture of you

Too often, we think of healing in an external sense — we try to remove the obstacles from our lives without realizing that to make our healing long-lasting, it is more effective to address our own perception and reactions. There is nothing wrong with saying no to difficult people and putting ourselves on a better path that more substantially supports our happiness, but it would be unrealistic to expect that we can remove all difficulties from our lives.

it has finally dawned on me that if i build a home within myself, a palace of peace created with my own awareness and love, this can be the refuge i have always been seeking.