"Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy. When we think that something is going to bring us pleasure, we don'tknow what's really going to happen. When we think something is going to give us misery, we don't know. Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all."
- Pema Chodron, "When Things Fall Apart"
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