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Feelings,
whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized,
and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves.
The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are
me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the
kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a
bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In
mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are
all sacred.
- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Miracle of Mindfulness"
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