spacebetweenthespaces:

“The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment.”

—

Eckhart Tolle

in pain? hurting?

upset? irritated? frustrated?

worse?

you’re not accepting reality

in some way, in some place

detach from outcomes

release the negative judgment

of where you are

if you could be anywhere else

if you could have made better choices

you would have

focus on all you have

to appreciate and be thankful for

discover contentment and its companion

natural happiness

and out of acceptance

of now

of your present reality

and how you got there

see yourself

see your choices

see your mindset

see your cognitive distortions

the filters over your perceptions

that distort

all you see

magnifying and disqualifying

release your attachments

the places you’ve tied

your happiness to specific outcomes

and just peacefully work with reality

stack the deck for the future

you want to live in

blossomwithbri:

“𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

― 𝘌𝘤𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘸: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

fear and anxiety

living in the past

living out of the past

trap us so easily

move, learn, grow

run the labyrinth

of choices

find the dead ends quickly

eliminate the suboptimal choices

while others are still stuck at the entrance

in indecision

zenwords:

#suffering #resistance #eckhartTolle #zenwordshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CNm_RZYn4-9/?igshid=1qyyhhocu7bzx

accept reality

with resentment

over “unfairness”

it simply is

what it is

accept, don’t resist

and then adapt and learn

to flow with reality

of who others are

of what your circumstances have become

of where your choices have led

of where others choices have led

and out of peaceful acceptance

thoughtfully, calmly, rationally

kindly, compassionately, effectively

choose to respond in ways

that make things steadily

better

thebookquotes:

“Don’t apologize for your feelings. Never apologize for those.”

— Jenna Evans Welch, from Love & Olives

but don’t trust them

to be accurate portrayals of reality

accept you feel them

then seek to understand

where your thinking led to them

so you can let them go

so they will let you go

and out of understanding

choose effective, rational, healthy responses

resqectable:

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete”

— Buddha

accept your own progress

on your own path

(you are as far

along your path

as you could be)

and seek understanding

when you miss your own mark

no self-judgment

no self-punishment

no self-shaming

no self-recrimination

no self-condemnation

it starts and ends

with owning yourself

your feelings, your experience

no one makes you mad

no one makes you happy

your thoughts lead to your feelings

conscious, acknowledged, or not

change your thinking and

you change your feelings

let your feelings tell you

there’s something to accept

something to understand

something to respond to

rationally, effectively

don’t get in them

don’t chase the rabbits

find the attachment

and sever it, let it go

theupper1percent:

“You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day.”

don’t lose entire days

when you get derailed

master the moment

master picking yourself

back up, quickly, gently,

kindly, compassionately

when you stumble, struggle, or fall

thoughtkick:

“Despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.”

— Matt Kahn

accept where

people are on their own path

without judgment or expectation

change is the only constant

process the pain, accept it

seek to gain understanding

so you can make better choices

perfectquote:

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.”

— Andrew Carnegie

accept who people are

who their actions

reveal them to be

without judgment

or expectation

or attachment

to them being more

or already being

further along

their own path of growth