
Image from our Pema Chödrön 2017 wall calendar. Blue lotus blossom on a pond © Ti_ser. Click image for more info.
If we don’t act on our craving for pleasure or our fear of pain, we’re left in the wide-open, unpredictable middle. The instruction is to rest in that vulnerable place, to rest in that in-between state, to not hunker down and stay fixed in our belief systems but to take a fresh look with a wider perspective.
—Pema Chödrön