Suffering is Optional

"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found."
~Pema Chodron

I tend to like to keep this idea of attachment at arm’s length. It sounds good to talk about being nonattached.  Truth is that we are all attached up to our eyeballs.  The worst thing you can do in terms of spiritual evolution is try to pretend to yourself that you are beyond attachment.  The only way we can evolve is to look at ourselves objectively.  Try to see where you are attached, let go of judgment love and accept yourself.

The crises in our lives are actually blessings.  They help us realize where we have fallen asleep.  When we try to hold on to temporary circumstances whatever they may be, we are guaranteed to suffer.  It is in those moments of life when everything seems to be lost that we discover our inner resources.  We discover our deeper identities.  The worse things appear to be the greater the opportunity for awakening.