If Someone Throws You The Ball, You

People Have A Hard Time Letting Go Of Their Suffering. Out Of A Fear Of The Unknown, They Prefer Suffering That Is Familiar. Thich Nhat Hanh If You Gathered Up All The Fearful Thoughts That Exist In The Mind Of The Average Person, Looked At Them Objectively, And Tried To Decide Just How Much Good They Provided That Person, You Would See That Not Some But All Fearful Thoughts Are Useless. They Do No Good. Zero. They Interfere With Dreams, Hopes, Desire And Progress.

Stress Is Nothing More Than A Socially Acceptable Form Of Mental Illness.

The First Step To Becoming A More Peaceful Person Is To Have The Humility To Admit That, In Most Cases, You're Creating Your Own Emergencies. Life Will Usually Go On If Things Don't Go According To Plan. It's Helpful To Keep Reminding Yourself And Repeating The Sentence, "life Isn't An Emergency".

It's The Recognition That Other People's Problems, Their Pain And Frustrations, Are Every Bit As Real As Our Own - Often Far Worse. In Recognizing This Fact And Trying To Offer Some Assistance, We Open Our Hearts And Greatly Enhance Our Sense Of Gratitude.

If Someone Throws You The Ball, You Don't Have To Catch It.