The emotion wave

In order to learn to tolerate emotions, I find that it helps to think of them as if you are standing in the ocean, facing out to sea, with the water at about your waistline, your back to the beach. Now imagine that a wave is coming towards you. You cannot stop it. You cannot […]

“By detachment I mean that you must not worry whether the desired result follows from your action or not, so long as your motive is pure, your means correct… a person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal, he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him, […]

Imagine your favorite TV show. Now imagine that you REALLY like that show. Imagine that for you, it IS a great show, period. This goes beyond personal opinion, it seems like a fact. Now imagine that someone speaks poorly of that show. He says it is poorly written, poorly acted, and the entire premise is […]