Love this #quote by @andreagibson! As a culture, we struggle to hold #grief & #joy in both hands. Positive + negative emotions don't cancel each other out; you don’t have to be done w/ pain to make space for meaning & joy. It’s common & quite human to feel both at the same time.
Situations don't make you unhappy. They may cause you physical pain, but they don't make you unhappy. Your thoughts make you unhappy. Your interpretations, the stories you tell yourself make you unhappy.
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you have at this moment. I am not getting any answer because it is impossible to have a problem when your attention is fully in the Now. A situation needs to be either dealt with or accepted. Why make it into a problem?
“When you create a problem, you create pain. All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: No matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will create no more problems.” -Eckhart Tolle #Awareness#awakening#change#choice#presence