Running away from our feelings

In her book "Facing Codependence" in a section called "What Society Says About Feelings" Pia Mellody writes... "The message is - 'you have a right not to have any pain so take whatever you need to numb it.' Since wisdom and maturity come from facing pain and learning from it, I believe we are a nation of very immature people who don't have the willingness to experience the pain that leads to authentic wisdom. We haven't learned how to tolerate pain and deal with it as an agent of positive change."

Hallelujah and a big thanks to Pia Mellody. She's right on the money as far as I can see. We are taught to do whatever it takes to get ride of our pain instead of looking and learning from it. Unfortunately most of us are so afraid of our pain because we don't know there are tools to deal with it... But the good news is there are tools.

And understanding that the way to peace and wisdom is not running away but going through the darkness is really a BIG step forward.

If you can, breathe and be present and ask what the lesson is...