Somewhere inside, whether consciously or subconsciously, we know a lot of the things that are difficult in our lives are caused by our own thoughts. Our psychological suffering is for the most part not caused by external events but, rather, by what’s happening inside us – the thoughts bubbling up that we can either believe or not. It’s there, in our minds, that our suffering is created; that’s where it lives and thrives. For as long as we allow it to. The fact that psychological suffering is self-inflicted doesn’t make it any less painful. Not at all. But understanding that it is can give us a
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