This is for you if you've had some feelings this week

This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. . . . Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, bec

The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.

It’s helpful to remember that simple presence to these feelings— acknowledging them, not pushing them away—can help us move through them more easily. Acceptance is the key. This is the way things are at the moment.

mental states, feelings, emotions, and moods as they arise and dissolve in the vastness of being.

accept this, you’ll find that from time to time life throws you a bouquet which you haven’t earned. It cuts both ways.

Acceptance. Accept each moment exactly for what it is. Don’t compare or try to turn it into yesterday—that’s gone. Don’t try to extend the moment into something that will last forever, because it won’t. Absorb the moment fully and enjoy it because it will pass.