The only problem you’ll ever have in life is in the way you think things should be. Therefore the only solution in life is in the way things are.

@Reject I’m in sw jail for 2 more days.
That was a long 3 month stint.. 😁

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout I’m happy you’re soon to be a free man! SW moderates more than they should. This place has only gotten worse because of them, but at least old faces I know remain. We’re what make this place. Not them.

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout i think you have a natural talent for pissing off soyboys.
They don't like you putting creases in their idealism .

The rest of us however......love watching you do it 😉

@ChampagneOnIce I say this as winter has come early where I’m at and I’m shoveling snow in 20 degree weather. Its only going to get colder, but that’s just fine.

@Reject I feel for you.

@Scribbles Yes! That’s exactly right. This particular quote I tell myself almost everyday because I have a brain that likes to find problems in things. So it’s very important that I remind myself it’s my thinking which makes this issue and there’s nothing actually wrong with whatever I’m considering.

@Reject Your post is very similar to the Work of Byron Katie. She is a phenomenal author and one of her quotes is, " It is what we are THINKING AND BELIEVING that causes us to suffer." And another quote I love is "Reality is always kinder than the stories we tell about it. But only always."

@Coralmist I’m not familiar but I appreciate everything you’ve said about her! She sounds like someone I would agree a lot with. I always felt controversial when I would say this, but another quote I wrote, “Nothing is inherently negative. It’s you who sees it that way. If there is anything bad in this world, that is a reflection of the darkness within your own heart.” It seems to echo her statements, though mine is a bit harder for people to accept.

@SW-User Yes, accepting things in life can be very hard because they won’t always be what you want, but rejecting them is even harder because then you can’t be what you want.

@SW-User I agree. We mistreat our planet and there will be consequences for that. Maybe even the end of life as we know it, but I also understand there will always be something in this world that needs to change. Perfection doesn’t exist. So you can always have a problem with life as a result, or you can accept that and have none.

@Reject aesop spelt it out 2000 years ago with his story of the oak tree and the bullrush

@Convivial He did! These lessons are timeless because every new generation has to relearn them.

@Reject so true!

@SStarfish Yes well, I imagine their thinking is the problem because you think they should be a different way.

😏@Reject

@Iwantyourhotwife It is what it is! Let it be. 😄 An excellent philosophy for life. Arguably the best.

@OogieBoogie My dear Boogie!! Indeed things could always be better. It’s just important to keep in mind that this doesn’t have to mean you can’t be happy with where you are, instead, it can mean you’re making the most of where you are.

@Reject oh i agree. Im all for living in the now as much as possible....for all its ups and downs.
One needs to both cry and laugh .

But at night, when the day is done , a little flight of fancy is good for creative thinking and aiding positive dreams . Whether it be romance, building a dream garden, living somewhere else or being a dragon warrior 😂....keeping childlike ridiculous possitivism, (i think), is healthy .

Sometimes we hang on too tight and forget loosen up.

@OogieBoogie My favorite place to be is in my imagination so I know exactly what you mean. These dreams of ours remind us of what matters and seeing that value is crucial to health. It gives you purpose in life. As you said one can hold on too tightly and the ends never justify the means so that can be bad. The means however do justify the ends. The trick is in how we do something. Not why. So never stop having that inner child! Just help them along their way. ♥️

@SW-User Things can always be better. That doesn’t have to mean you can’t be happy with where you are, it can mean you’re making the most of where you are.

@Stereoguy As Einstein famously said! “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.”