#147 – What's wrong with life?

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Nothing. But we insist on clenching our fists and suffering when things don't match our likes, wishes, or expectations.

The coffee isn't hot enough. The pie's too sweet. The mall's too crowded. That man speaks too loudly. That dress is unacceptable for a family dinner. What you said didn't make me happy.

Ah! Now we're getting somewhere. So it's not the nature of things that is wrong. It's that they're not what we want (expect, will, command) them to be – that's why we find them wrong.

What if we could let go of wanting, and just accept what is?

Rumi wrote,

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.

Today I'm wise so I'm changing myself."

Why? Because finding the world wrong can only lead to unhappiness, frustration, discontentment.

But when you change how you relate to the world, you let go of the need to suffer. When you don't find anything "too this" or "not enough that," when nothing is "unacceptable," you're always, regardless of what happens around you, at peace. And isn't that the goal?

What do you stand to gain once you find everything right?

Love,

Carolina