You give up on what you need to be doing because you forget that you're worth it. This is why most people aren't leading exemplary lives...You have to believe in yourself so much that you're willing to do what's uncomfortable, time-consuming, inconvenient, and on occasion seemingly impossible. When you don't believe in yourself this much, pretend.

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Follow the tugs in your heart. I think that everybody gets these gentle urges and should listen to them. Even if they sound absolutely insane, they may be worth going for.

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Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.

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I firmly believe that everyone deserves to live within walking distance of either beauty or convenience, if not both.

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To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

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Your mission isn't a project to check off your list. It's a commitment to which to dedicate your life.

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Home is the place where you are most thoroughly yourself, with no pretenses.

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Yoga will always be transformationa l, even when it stops being cool.

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Compassion in action may be the glorious possibility that could protect our crowded, polluted planet.

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If you don't accept yourself, you won't live fully, and if you don't live fully you'll need to get full some other way.

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