Bring your attention
to the flow of
the following three breaths
image by M. Lee Freedman
"We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful, more hardened and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like a prison for us - a prison that restricts us to our personal hopes and fears, and to caring only for the people nearest to us. Curiously enough, if we primarily try to shield ourselves from discomfort, we suffer. Yet, when we don't close off, when we let our hearts break, we discover our kinship with all beings."
~ Pema Chodron
Have a mindful day
Lee
M. Lee Freedman, MD,CM, FRCP(C)
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