Tricycle Daily Dharma July 26, 2013

Facing Ourselves without Looking Away When we touch something unlovely in ourselves—fear, anger, jealousy, shame, disgust—we tend to withdraw emotionally and direct our attention elsewhere. But denying how we feel, or projecting our fears and faults onto others, only drives a wedge between us and the people we yearn to be close to. - Christopher K. Germer, "Getting Along"