“Find a place inside where there’s joy and the joy will burn out the pain.”
~ Joseph Campbell
Polar opposites are the two extremes of the same continuum: dark and light, hot and cold, rich and poor. When you’re experiencing one, you’re not experiencing the other, right?
Learn how to work with them, my friend. When you don’t like what you’re experiencing, you have to shift your attention and start focusing on its opposite.
It takes discipline to direct your mind where you want it to go. But remember, once you’ve established the self-discipline required, the rest is easy.
Joy or pain? You decide.