I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn't caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there's a thought that isn't true for us.
Look at the problems in your life. Ask yourself, 'What kind of thoughts am I having that create this?'
The unhappy are prisoners of a single round of thought.
Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.
I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.
Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.
You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern.
