Peace 🕊️

You may not like what your mind does or the way it conducts itself.

In fact, all that negativity can be downright irritating sometimes.

But the fact is, you’re stuck with it and you can’t (or wouldn’t want to) just lobotomize it away.

In the Book, The Happiness Trap, Dr Russ Harris uses the example of the Israelis and the Palestinians to illustrate your relationship with your mind’s negative thoughts.

These two old enemies may not like each other’s way of life, but they’re stuck with each other.

If they wage war on each other, the other side retaliates, and more people get hurt and buildings destroyed.

Now they have a whole lot less energy to focus on building the health and happiness of their societies. Just as living in peace would allow these nations to build healthier and more prosperous societies, so making peace with your mind – accepting that negative thoughts and feelings will be there -that you can’t control them, can allow you to focus on your actions in the present moment, so you can move ahead with your most important goals without getting all fouled up.

You don’t necessarily have to like the thoughts or agree with them – you just have to let them be there in the background of your mind, while you go out and get things done.