"Confess your hidden faults.
"Approach what you find repulsive.
"Help those you think you cannot help.
"Anything you are attached to, let it go.
"Go to places that scare you."

(Advice, from her teacher, to the Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön, 11th Century)

from: The Places That Scare You- A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

Ani Pema would say "Start where you are. That's the place to start." *

* Start Where You Are- A Guide to Compassionate Living by Pema Chödrön