““I practiced what the Dalai Lama calls 'inner disarmament.' Of course, I still had judgments, but I tried to accept even my judgments without judgment. At a glacial pace, I moved beyond repression and self-criticism to something more skillful. I discovered the difference between recoiling from feelings and opening to them. I trained myself to be more curious than fearful. Sometimes I even felt compassion for myself as I struggled.””
![“[I have] a deeply entrenched rule that I cannot rest or relax until all my work is done. What a deal. I could die of old age before I have met all my responsibilities and done all my chores.” quote by Mary Bray Pipher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dbf/mary-bray-pipher-54095_old-age_i-have-a-deeply-entrenched-rule-that-i-c_2466288.jpg)
