Our opinions and attitudes about  ourselves are very important. We cannot ignore the slightest tendency to feel wretched, inadequate, or fundamentally distrustful of ourselves. Those feelings always show through. This doesn’t mean that you are not allowed to think anything bad about yourself. However, there is another side of you that is an expression of goodness. This has to be recognized as well. Otherwise, without that nature of goodness, the human race wouldn’t be here at all. We would have destroyed ourselves a long time ago.

We have made our journey, we have gotten this far, and we can go on. It is a simple attitude. There’s nothing particularly glamorous about it. We have the interest or the desire, as well as the ability to continue this journey. There is a spark that exists within us that allows us to feel healthy, together, and good.

From Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery, page 94.

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