“Thoughts are like the breeze or the leaves on the trees or the raindrops falling. They appear like that, and through inquiry we can make friends with them. Would you argue with a raindrop? Raindrops aren’t personal, and neither are thoughts. Once a painful concept is met with understanding, the next time it appears you may find it interesting. What used to be the nightmare is now just interesting. The next time it appears, you may find it funny. The next time you may not even notice it. This is the power of loving what is.”
~ Byron Katie, Loving What Is
It’s so automatic for us to react, to make assumptions and let our minds construct stories and scenarios that may have no basis in truth. These are the times when our mind becomes our worst enemy.
Can we ever know for certain what someone else is thinking without them saying it? No, my friend, we can’t. The only thing we can be certain of is what we are thinking, which also happens to be something we can change.
Don’t you think it’d be better to make friends with your thoughts? That way reality would simply be what it is. This is the path grace follows.