Sometimes the Problem Is You
Most people go awry when they escalate their complaints, moving from the specific occurrence to a trend, then to their partner’s character.
Bruce Springsteen • Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship (Goop Press)
Like many — dare I say, most — people in their early 20s, I find it hard to shake the feeling that my life is a pinball machine of relationships and opportunities that I’m hurtling through headfirst, knocking over bystanders and crashing into obstacles, unable to stop for long enough to figure out what I’m doing wrong. It is tempting, in this world... See more
rayne fisher-quann • No Good Alone
Now, to me, this is a truth so simple a seven-year-old child could understand it. But I’ve met people who are doctors and all sorts of other things, and they never understood it. Never understood it. They just took it for granted that problems exist in the world. Problems exist—by “problem,” I mean something that upsets you, okay? I’ll repeat that.
... See moreAnthony De Mello • Rediscovering Life: Awaken to Reality
You believe that you know what’s fair, right, and just, and that the only problem is other people don’t agree with you. You do not understand that truths can coexist,