Alyssa J's Key Ideas from The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
by Haemin Sunim

When you are stressed out, be aware of your stress.

When you are irritated, be aware of your irritation.

When you are angry, be aware of your anger.

As soon as you become aware of these feelings you are no longer lost in them.

Your awareness allows you to witness them from the outside.

Awreness is inherently pure, like the open sky.

Stress, irritation, and anger can temporarily cloud the sky,but they can never pollute it.

Negative emotions come and go like clouds, but the wide-open sky remains.

A very modern dilemma:

There are countless television channels, but nothing interesting to watch.

Too many choices make people unhappy.

Are you feeling confused or conflicted? Allow yourself a good night’s sleep. When you wake up the next day, the problem will seem lighter.

It works, truly.

If you’ve been unable to change a bad situation, even after many attempts, you should change how you look at the situation.

Nothing is intrinsically good or bad. Good or bad is always relative.

Compare your situation with someone’s that is worse. Now yours does not seem so bad after all.

be humble and stop speaking ill of people.

Those who do not make enemies are more powerful than those who have the strength to fight them all and win.

The reward for someone who works hard is more work.