Problems arise when we go through life relying too much or too little on particular traits, which, in turn, can lead to a crisis.
Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step.
Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.
What you don't want is always going to be with you What you want is never going to be with you Where you don't want to go, you have to go And the moment you think you're going to live more, you're going to die
The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to lean into them.
A life I didn't choose chose me: even my tools are the wrong ones for what I have to do.
Nobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it's coming, a common response is, 'Oh no! Not again!'
The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.
I don't want the kids to go through want I went through.
