Clarity And Decisiveness Come From The Willingness

The Essence Of Bravery Is Being Without Self-deception.

Holding On To Anything Blocks Wisdom.

Buddhism Itself Is All About Empowering Yourself, Not About Getting What You Want.

One Very Powerful And Effective Way To Work With This Tendency To Push Away Pain And Hold On To Pleasure Is The Practice Of Tonglen.  in Tonglen Practice, When We See Or Feel Suffering, We  breathe In With The Notion Of Completely Feeling It, Accepting It, And Owning It.

If Right Now Our Emotional Reaction To Seeing A Certain Person Or Hearing Certain News Is To Fly Into A Rage Or To Get Despondent Or Something Equally Extreme, It's Because We Have Been Cultivating That Particular Habit For A Very Long Time.