"We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, thatâ€™s who we are. We mistake the openness of our beingâ€”the inherent wonder and surprise of each momentâ€”for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer."

-- Pema Chodron

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