366 Quotes About Real-love

When we approach the journey acknowledging what we do not know and what we can’t control, we maintain our energy for the quest.

The journey to loving ourselves doesn’t mean we like everything.

When we contemplate the miracle of embodied life, we begin to partner with our bodies in a kinder way.

Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of our acts, real or imagined, and the secrets we keep about them.

The heart contracts when our bodies are overcome by shame.

Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem, or a sense of our value.

To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves.

It’s affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry.

We can use meditation as a way to experiment with new ways of relating to ourselves, even our uncomfortable thoughts.