Cut the overlap

• We are geniuses at coming up with reasons to avoid change, we make excuses, we rationalize.
• When we bluntly challenge ourselves to figure out what we can change and what we can't, what to loose and what to keep, we often surprise ourselves with the bold simlpicity of our answers.

If we want to get out of the downward spiral of self-loathing and stop ourselves from self-destruction, we need to start being self-aware and understand the virtues of forgiveness, mercy, steadfastness and resilience.

Our survival depends on our thinking the best for ourselves, an...

• Natural happiness - what we get when we get what we wanted.
• Synthetic happiness - what we make when we don't get what we wanted. It is as real & enduring as natural happiness because our psychological immune system works best when we are stuck.