Pema Chodron Moments Quotations

Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.

Anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. That's when our understanding goes deeper, when we find that the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and completely tender at the same time.

When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.

The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.

The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .

We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.

If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.

Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more cheerful in the future, it's because of our aspiration and exertion to be cheerful in the present. What we do accumulates; the future is the result of what we do right now.

Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.