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“A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation—to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (2005)
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