Once You Create A Self-justifying Storyline, Your

The Real Thing That We Renounce Is The Tenacious Hope That We Could Be Saved From Being Who We Are.

When You Refrain From Habitual Thoughts And Behavior, The Uncomfortable Feelings Will Still Be There. They Don’t Magically Disappear. Over The Years, I’ve Come To Call Resting With The Discomfort “the Detox Period,” Because When You Don’t Act On Your Habitual Patterns, It’s Like Giving Up An Addiction. You’re Left With The Feelings You Were Trying To Escape. The Practice Is To Make A Wholehearted Relationship With That

If You Work With Your Mind, That Will Alleviate All The Suffering That Seems To Come From The Outside.

Welcome The Present Moment As If You Had Invited It. Why? Because It Is All We Ever Have.

The Very First Noble Truth Of The Buddha Points Out That Suffering Is Inevitable For Human Beings As Long As We Believe That Things Last—that They Don’t Disintegrate, That They Can Be Counted On To Satisfy Our Hunger For Security.