Why This Will Be the Year I Stop Running from Pain
âOne has to accept pain as a condition of existence.â ~Morris West
This may seem sounds counter-intuitive, but this year I want to let go of trying to avoid suffering.
It doesnât mean that I am a masochist and plan to spend the next year being miserable. Itâs more a question of learning to accept life as it isâuncertain, full of surprises, and with its full quota of difficult circumstances.
Our Wish for Happiness
The thing is that we all want to be happy. Thereâs nothing wrong with that, but if we fear not being happy, then we …