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It’s Okay to Feel Okay Even When There’s Pain and Suffering in the World

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Ending Suffering and Moving Towards Inner Peace
Ending Suffering and Moving Towards Inner Peace
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Ending Suffering and Moving Towards Inner Peace
August 24, 2014

It’s amazing the little things we get upset about. Any one of us could be standing in line at the grocery store and it could be moving along fine. Then, the person ahead of you pulls out all their coupons and delays our progress.

Then, they pull out an out-of-state check which prompts the cashier to call the manager over to verify it.

And while this is happening, we’re getting less and less patient. Then we might think to ourselves, “How much longer is this going to take?”

We might get angry or even resentful towards them or even ourselves for getting into the wrong line in the first place.

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Filed Under: Behavior, Human Potential, Negative Emotions Tagged With: bombings, focus, happiness, shootings, terrorism, unhappy

Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness

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Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness
Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness
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Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness
October 18, 2015

Today’s episode is on self-compassion, which is what you give to yourself when you stop being overly giving.

This raises the question: Can you be too much of a giver?

Also in this episode, I talk about a listener email I received from someone who asked if it’s possible to fear happiness. He seems to have the “perfect life”, but still fears being as happy as he can be. These two subjects go hand in hand, and really come down to a way of honoring yourself as you’ve never done before.

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Filed Under: Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Relationships Tagged With: compassion, fear, happiness

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