I often think of an inscription on the ruins of a fifteenth-century cathedral in Amsterdam, Holland. This inscription says in Flemish: "It is so. It cannot be otherwise." But what does that really mean, and what lesson can you walk away with? As you and I march across the decades of time, we are going to meet a lot of unpleasant situations that are so. They cannot be otherwise. We have our choice. We can either accept them as inevitable and adjust ourselves to them, or we can ruin our lives with rebellion and maybe end up with a nervous breakdown. Time to crack that wonderful book open again and brainwash my self some more... UPDATE!UPDATE!UPDATE! 05/21/2022 So I guess I was resisting change in 2010 which was causing my suffering? So here is the answer thanks to Dick Sutphen... “It is your resistance to 'what is' that causes your suffering.” Buddha. Sound familiar? God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courag...
why couldn't you remember falling asleep? ;p
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