I truly fear the word ‘potential’ now. It makes me double-take my patient in dismay. Why? Because I have heard it too many times coming from the mouth of an intelligent person with reference to a toxic person, often a partner.
Feeling a bit ‘Ho Ho Ho Oh Noooo?’ again this Christmas? I spend the weeks in the lead up to Christmas working with some really decent and beautiful people who are triggered into their worst states all year because of this holy holiday.
There is no ‘God’ in Buddhism to father and take care of the people. People have to rely on other people for that. And therein lies the difference in approach to road etiquette between those of a Christian faith and those who follow the wisdom of the man who found enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.
What if you really are perfectly fine just as you are? Hang on…what? Could it be that you are completely acceptable without losing the last 5 kilos; or improving your downward dog; or getting a promotion; or becoming more mindful;
I have shouted the benefits of gratitude from the rooftops previously, and when I saw a version of this line about gratitude embedded in a recent post by Marc and Angel Hack Life (www.marcandangel.com), it really struck me afresh.
The doctor said to me one day in therapy that he was angry with himself for being so reticent, so shy at parties. He watched other single men holding court, while he was relegated to the background, never sharing the