Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.
Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.
When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way. We can shut down and feel resentful or we can touch in on that throbbing quality.
Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to escape -- all addictions stem from this moment when we meet our edge and we just can't stand it. We feel we have to soften it, pad it with something, and we become addicted to whatever it is that seems to ease the pain.
Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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