"As we become wiser we realize that fixing the flow of feelings doesn't work. Primary feelings are simply feelings, and every day consists of thousands of pleasant, painful, and neutral moments, for you, Condoleeza Rice, the Dalai Lama, Mick Jagger, and the Buddha alike. These feeling are not wrong or bad. They are the stream of life. Sylvia Boorstein, my colleague, writes, 'What a relief it was for me to go to my first meditation retreat and hear people who seemed quite happy speak the truth so clearly--the First Noble Truth that life is difficult and painful, just by its nature, not because we're doing it wrong.'"
From Jack Kornfield's, The Wise Heart
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