When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart. (Pema Chodron)

When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.

Pema Chodron

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