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If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.

By T. S. Eliot
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T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) was an America-born British poet, playwright, essayist, and editor. The recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, his poetry captures the essence of spiritual realization that unites Buddhism and the Judeo-Christian tradition.

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F**k It: Be at Peace with Life, Just as It Is

Is there a gap between how you’d like things to be and how they are? Most likely there is, and it hurts. It may be a small gap or a freaking enormous ravine, but that gap is, in fact, probably the primary cause of pain and unhappiness for most people.

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John C. Parkin
2018
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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much—just hearing of someone else’s accomplishments, being criticized, getting into an argument, making a mistake at work—to make us feel that we are not okay.

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Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield (foreword)
2004
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Transformance—What Can Happen When Shame Lifts

Sheila Rubin writes about transformance, a term used to describe “the force in the psyche that’s moving towards growth and expansion and transformation,” and the idea that healing is “not just an outcome but a process that exists within each person that emerges in conditions of safety.”

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Sheila Rubin
2018
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How to Transform Shame Over the Holidays

There’s an expectation of what is supposed to happen during the holidays: images of a family gathered around a tree, presents, food, love and connection as people smile at each other. But if your family is different, there sometimes can be shame.

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Sheila Rubin
2017
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Belonging: Overcome Your Inner Critic and Reclaim Your Joy

Accepting ourselves requires less work, less achieving and less doing than one might think. The path to greater happiness, greater contentment, and greater self-love is the basis for Catherine A. Wood’s debut book, Belonging: Overcome Your Inner Critic and Reclaim Your Joy.

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Catherine A. Wood, Emily Joy Rosen (foreword)
2020
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The Day That Changed Mark Nepo's Life Forever | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

Twenty-six years ago, poet Mark Nepo discovered a lump on the back of his head, but he didn't get it checked out until a friend urged him to see a doctor. Find out why Mark says there was no way to go back to the life he had been living after that medical visit.

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Mark Nepo
2013
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Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart

While most of us have moments of loving freely and openly, it is often hard to sustain this where it matters most--in our intimate relationships.

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John Welwood
2007
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A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

When the path ahead is dark, how can we keep from stumbling? How do we make our way with courage and dignity? “Inside each of us is an eternal light that I call ‘the One Who Knows,’ ” writes Jack Kornfield.

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Jack Kornfield, Jon Kabat-Zinn (foreword)
2014
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