Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Accepting the Reality: Pain is Mandatory-Suffering is Optional

I am addicted to solving problems and fixing others. I was programed by many years of public education to see  problems readily. I became habituated to a fearful and cautionary perspective of the world. I was taught to fear the unknown and the "different".

 I give advice automatically when you share a situation in your life you are uncomfortable with. I immediately try to figure out what is wrong with me when I'm uncomfortable, scared or sad, confused, etc. I am habituated to trying to understand everything; why what happens happens to me, others and to the world.  What if...

rather than seeing so much of life as a problem I learned simply that "it is what it is." Nothing right or wrong with it; nothing to get rid of or change or improve. What if I answered changing circumstances and my responses to them by thinking/saying, "This too shall pass." What if there are no mistakes and nothing to correct except the way we view things?