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> [Whatever we can't love or accept in another, is a mirror of something we can't love or accept in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/whatever-we-can-t-love-or-accept-in-another-is-a-mirror-of-something/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

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## More by Brenda Shoshanna

> [This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/this-is-how-we-know-we-are-in-a-loving-relationship-we-are-blooming/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/when-we-do-not-reject-our-suffering-or-add-anything-to-it-pain-is/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/we-turn-pain-into-suffering-by-adding-on-all-kinds-of-beliefs/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/unless-we-base-our-sense-of-identity-upon-the-truth-of-who-we-are-it/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/who-you-are-is-always-enough-if-your-partner-wants-something/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/a-time-of-uncertainty-of-not-knowing-exactly-where-we-re-headed-or/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/we-are-what-we-think-about-when-we-stay-fixed-on-one-person-thought/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/when-we-are-able-to-receive-life-s-challenges-as-koans-rather-than/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/if-one-s-sense-of-self-is-obtained-through-the-eyes-of-another-it-is/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/do-not-make-this-practice-a-source-of-pressure-compulsion-anxiety-or/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/fear-of-the-future-and-longing-for-the-past-are-major-factors-which/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/change-is-the-very-basis-of-our-life-not-to-be-fought-to-be-welcomed/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [When we sit, we open our own treasure house. Rather than do this, however, most of us first seek to find the treasures another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/when-we-sit-we-open-our-own-treasure-house-rather-than-do-this/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [“Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/now-today-moment-by-moment-realize-that-each-person-and-event-that/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

> [All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-shoshanna/all-the-insight-we-will-ever-need-to-live-well-will-come-from-fully/)

[Brenda Shoshanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-shoshanna/)

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