Welcome the rub
It is extremely possible that everything that happens to you is happening for you. Life wants to show you something, and that is a fine thing.
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“It’s not fair!”
Ever shouted at the sky, “It’s so unfair!”? Of course, we all have. But you need to know something.
Life will suck sometimes
The painful fact of life is that sometimes it WILL suck – and the sooner you embrace that fact, the easier it will be.
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Choose your power
Everyone knows about the power of a placebo drug. When you believe a pill will make you better, it does: Such is the power of the mind.
An attitude operates in the same way.
The exciting thing is you get to choose your attitude, you get to choose your power.
Suffering takes practice
Suffering indeed does take practice. This may not be immediately apparent to you, but practice the right things and you can free yourself from all suffering.
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It’s never an either/or thing
It’s never an either/or thing. It’s a have both, or nothing at all thing.
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Don’t let the little kid drive
We are always choosing our response to life, truly we are.
The trouble is often you have no idea what you are choosing. You are asleep to the big picture. The little kid that exists inside each and every one of our brains is in the driving seat.
When the adult wakes up, often that’s where regret comes. Here’s all about waking up to freedom of choice.
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Stop reacting and make inner peace a habit
Reactions and habits are such a tricky thing. You’re sailing along and all of sudden, “boof!”; you find yourself outraged or upset or frustrated or worried. That familiar feeling in the pit of your stomach … what to do?
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Buddha never had kids and a job and a mortgage
Buddha never had problems! You think?
No matter what Buddha did or didn’t have – here’s the beauty of all your problems and challenging situations … actually.
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It seems like a good idea to listen, but it’s not
Everyone knows the voice of self-criticism, of doubt, of violence.
It seems reasonable, it seems like learning, but is it? Really?
I say “No!” Here’s another approach.
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