@Vozy It’s a great day, because we breathe, and because we can be present for each other. ^_^

It’s been on my mind today how much suffering is caused by our own judgements about things. What, in Buddhism is called, Striking oneself with a second arrow.

That’s been very much in my mind today. If we judge that something is terrible it amplifies. If we accept that something just is, it stays more neutral.

It boggles, how easy it is to amplify the pain in the world.

@NiveusLepus
"If an arrow hits you, you will feel pain in that part of your body where the arrow hit; and then if a second arrow comes and strikes exactly at the same spot, the pain will not be only double, it will become at least ten times more intense. The unwelcome things that sometimes happen in life are analogous to the first arrow. They cause some pain. The second arrow, fired by our own selves, is our reaction, our storyline, and our anxiety."