It is so. It cannot be otherwise...

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, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

 

RIP Dick Sutphen: April 3, 1937 - September 1, 2020

 

I still go looking for this castle from time time to but I never found the name in dales book

 

oh hes got a new on out this month lol no wonder

 

 How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated for the Next Generation of Leaders Dale Carnegie (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator), Donna Dale Carnegie (Narrator)