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> [“The ground of practice is you or me or whoever we are right now, just as we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-ground-of-practice-is-you-or-me-or-whoever-we-are-right-now-just/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [The future is the result of what we do right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-future-is-the-result-of-what-we-do-right-now/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/rather-than-letting-our-negativity-get-the-better-of-us-we-could/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/don-t-get-caught-up-in-hopes-of-what-you-ll-achieve-and-how-good-your/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/we-sow-the-seeds-of-our-future-hells-or-happiness-by-the-way-we-open/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-there-s-any-possibility-for-enlightenment-it-s-right-now-not-at/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/i-can-t-overestimate-the-importance-of-accepting-ourselves-exactly-as/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-point-is-that-our-true-nature-is-not-some-ideal-that-we-have-to/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-right-now-our-emotional-reaction-to-seeing-a-certain-person-or/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“The key instruction is to stay in the present. Don't get caught up in hopes of what you'll achieve and how good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-key-instruction-is-to-stay-in-the-present-don-t-get-caught-up-in/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. The ground…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/meditation-practice-isn-t-about-trying-to-throw-ourselves-away-and/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/it-s-also-helpful-to-realize-that-this-very-body-that-we-have-that-s/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/next-feel-your-heart-literally-placing-your-hand-on-your-chest-if-you/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/now-is-the-only-time-how-we-relate-to-it-creates-the-future-in-other/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/meditation-is-about-seeing-clearly-the-body-that-we-have-the-mind-2/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [ Over time, as the thinking mind begins to settle \[through the practice of meditation\], we’ll start to see our patterns and habits… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/over-time-as-the-thinking-mind-begins-to-settle-through-the-practice/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“When we regard thoughts and emotions with humor and openness, that’s how we perceive the universe. This opening to the world begins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-we-regard-thoughts-and-emotions-with-humor-and-openness-that-s/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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## Other authors on Right now

## More by Pema Chödrön

> [“LIFE’S work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/life-s-work-is-to-wake-up-to-let-the-things-that-enter-into-your-life/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/since-death-is-certain-and-the-time-of-death-is-uncertain-what-is-the/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/buddhist-words-such-as-compassion-and-emptiness-don-t-mean-much-until/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-essence-of-generosity-is-letting-go-pain-is-always-a-sign-that-we/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [“If the object of meditation were something concrete, something solid and graspable - an image or a statue or a dot on the floor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-the-object-of-meditation-were-something-concrete-something-solid/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/it-s-a-transformative-experience-to-simply-pause-instead-of/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [“The essence of life is that it’s challenging. Sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is bitter. Sometimes your body tenses, and sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-essence-of-life-is-that-it-s-challenging-sometimes-it-is-sweet/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-we-run-a-hundred-miles-an-hour-to-the-other-end-of-the-continent/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [“But in this meditation technique, we are with the out-breath; there's no particular instruction about what to do until the next out-breath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/but-in-this-meditation-technique-we-are-with-the-out-breath-there-s/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/nothing-ever-goes-away-until-it-has-taught-us-what-we-need-to-know/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/so-even-if-the-hot-loneliness-is-there-and-for-1-6-seconds-we-sit/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-you-have-rage-and-righteously-act-it-out-and-blame-it-all-on/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [“When we realize that the path is the goal, there’s a sense of workability. Trungpa Rinpoche said, “Whatever occurs in the confused mind is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-we-realize-that-the-path-is-the-goal-there-s-a-sense-of/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/every-day-is-a-new-opportunity-to-work-with-what-you-have-inside/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

> [If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-someone-comes-along-and-shoots-an-arrow-into-your-heart-it-s/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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