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Old 09-22-2007, 08:26 PM   #19 (permalink)
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and then the cycle repeats.

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Originally Posted by ratbastid
We're funny creatures, us human beings. We want what we don't have, and we don't want what we have. We spend all our time either grasping for what we don't have, or rejecting what we have. That grasping and rejecting is also known as "adversity".

When I can embrace what I have and embrace what I don't have, there IS no adversity.
i definitely agree that most people seem to look for reasons to be unhappy, or make mountains out of molehills, but all adversity isn't simply mental.
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