Your descriptions of what happened aren’t the reality of what happened. They are your opinions. They are a story you made up about the situation. If you are going to make things up, why not make things up that feel good?

Every breakdown you have ever had in your life has turned into a breakthrough somewhere else in your life. Destruction and creation are the same things just at different stages of the process. Embrace and celebrate the breakdown when something is failing, an idea isn’t working, or your relationship is falling apart. Breakdown leads to breakthrough.

Life is exactly the way it is. It’s not good, bad, right, or wrong. That’s all you and your value judgments. Step back and notice the perfection of it all.

Today focus on your GEMs: • G=Gratitude - Spend the day thinking about what you are grateful for. This will cause your mind to quiet down. This is because there will be nothing for your mind to protect you against. • E=Experience - You are here on Earth to experience. So what do you want to experience? You get to choose. Today keep setting your

In the end, the only thing that annoys you about other people is your opinion. Opinions are the source of suffering.

There is no peace in a mind that is constantly forming, sharing, adjusting, and defending its opinions.

To The Drunk Monkey, acting like an authority is essential. It accidentally operates like it has to know everything, as a matter of survival within the pack.

Avoiding Failure is avoiding a made-up story in your head. Nothing has actually taken place yet. You are, however, reacting like it is definitely going to happen. Suddenly, you are fearful and insecure. This leads to very destructive behavior based on pride, arrogance, and being overly aggressive.

You will not be able to maintain enlightened consciousness when your fight or flight is activated. Your consciousness will focus on lower-level concerns like staying safe, being right, maintaining control, getting your way, proving you are right, seeking revenge, and making sure people know you are important.