Tag: problems

Leave the fork in the draw

Posted on by philipdodson

If I said to you ‘get a fork out of the draw and stab yourself with it all day long’ the response would more than likely be ‘no!!! that’s crazy…why would anyone do that?’

Yet mentally we choose to stab ourselves with a fork all day long and make ourselves suffer from our mind and its ego. We choose how we react to anything, whether or not to let it matter and affect us. We choose whether or not to accept what is or suffer denying it. We choose to resist what is and suffer trying to make it different when that is impossible.

Leave the fork in the draw and be kind to yourself and choose not to suffer.

There is always a way

Posted on by philipdodson

I was out walking the dog today in one of our most loved places in nature and came across my favourite tree that I often sit on.

I was struck today as I looked at it that nature can teach us so many things. The tree had clearly at some point suffered a major catastrophe in its life and had fallen down.

But it adapted, survived and is clearly flourishing despite what would seem to be its end by falling down.

We can always find a way to recover and flourish from anything. We can accept what is, be at peace within and look for solutions now.