Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.--Simone WeilHow terribly complicated we choose to make life's many questions. Our need to make all things perfect, to know all the answers, to control everything within our range, creates problems where none really exist.
And the more we focus on the problem we've created, the bigger it becomes.
Inattention relieves the tension; last week's problems can seldom be recalled.
The one we are keeping a problem with our undivided attention can be turned loose, at this moment.
And just as quickly, the turmoil we've been feeling will be beyond recall too.
We need not mutilate life or ourselves.
We can learn to accept the things we cannot change, and change the things we can . . . with practice.
3 comments:
Mel,
I love that passage, again, everything seems to be finally making sense to me. Thank you so much for checking me out, the support I have been shown means a lot to me, you have no idea. I am so determined to get through these first 30 days and your words help me so much. I'll be writing everyday, so plz continue to check me out, as I will you. Have an awesome day.
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if I give up making all things perfect, and having control of everything, and creating non-existent problems...can I just have all the answers....
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