END THE TUG-O-WAR

Our natural state – the blank canvas on which we paint all our stuff – is one of Quiet Happiness. A quiet mind is an effective mind. But one way or another we think our way out of Happiness. We think our way into disquiet, anxiety, unhappiness, dissatisfaction and suffering – infectious diseases that we catch from those around us.

The we get caught up in stratagems and strife to avoid the symptoms of our diseases, and end up feeling isolated and lonely. That lowers our biological immunity and places us at significantly greater risk of catching everything from coughs and colds to cardio-vascular disease.

Isolated and lonely also makes us feel rejected, suspicious of others and what we think their motives might be, and we get angry and resentful.

Then we get into a permanent tug-o-war between our feelings and our self.

Wow! Am I getting into familiar territory here?

How do you end the tug-o-war? Well, you could get with a shrink, trace back along the rope, locate the feelings and what caused them, and deal with those issues one by one. You could do that, and keep the shrink and his family in overseas holidays for the next decade or so.

Or you could just let go the rope. Yes, that's what I said. The quickest way to end a tug-o-war is just let go the rope. Nah, it's only unfair if tug-o-war is more important to you than being happy. Let it go!

That's my advice --  but it's your choice.

[Happiness is Tugging At Your Heart – Tim Fitz (A) 2:56]