
Sometimes the Problem Is You

If you’re struggling to change your life, achieve your goals, or feel happier, I want you to hear this: The problem isn’t you. The problem is the power you unknowingly give to other people.
Mel Robbins • The Let Them Theory
As I watched and observed, day after day, week after week, month after month, even year after year, one day I had an epiphany: “Oh my gosh! Adults believe what they think! That’s why they suffer! That’s why they get into conflict. That’s why they behave strangely, in ways that I don’t understand, because they actually believe the thoughts in their
... See moreAdyashanti • Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering
There are two Identity Traps: (1) the belief that you should be someone other than yourself; and (2) the assumption that others will do things in the way you would.
Harry Browne • How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
Then, if you get mad at me, I know you are dealing with yourself. I am the excuse for you to get mad. And you get mad because you are afraid, because you are dealing with fear. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will get mad at me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will hate me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will be je
... See moreDon Miguel Ruiz • The Four Agreements
I realized that every time in my life that I had felt hurt or lonely, I had been in someone else’s business.