160. the tightrope walker

feeling off-center?
let yourself wobble
make it....no big deal
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turn it around
when things get you down 
make it....no big deal


 —Pema Chodron, an American Buddhist teacher, reminds us to not let our thoughts spin out and throw us off our center, to simply say to ourselves “no big deal.”  {It works, though you may have to say it over and over....and over. :-) }