I've learned that when nothing appears to be going right, the drama queen mind starts throwing tantrums - by constructing claims of "how this was always the case, how meaningless life is, how pointless it all is, how I'm uniquely having to endure this strange kind of problem etc"
Such tantrums make even the best of parents yield and perhaps throw the hands in despair and refrain from doing the right thing that needs to be done, or worse doing wrong things - excessive and vengeful drinking, smoking, sleeping etc....
We have to remember to "work with our head down" in situations like this....and perhaps be a bit gentle with ourselves but always walk our simple path being careful not to deviate from our values becasue of the tantrum throwing mind....
We suddenly see that things were not as bad as the mind had painted...almost like waking from a disturbed sleep and finding a beautiful dawn or finding surprisingly that the train has reached our station...
May we always remember this....
Such tantrums make even the best of parents yield and perhaps throw the hands in despair and refrain from doing the right thing that needs to be done, or worse doing wrong things - excessive and vengeful drinking, smoking, sleeping etc....
We have to remember to "work with our head down" in situations like this....and perhaps be a bit gentle with ourselves but always walk our simple path being careful not to deviate from our values becasue of the tantrum throwing mind....
We suddenly see that things were not as bad as the mind had painted...almost like waking from a disturbed sleep and finding a beautiful dawn or finding surprisingly that the train has reached our station...
May we always remember this....
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