Our way through life should not be difficult — but it is. The fact is that our lives are filled mostly with picking and choosing. I want this, but not that. And because things are not anything other than the way they really are, we suffer. Nowhere is this more apparent and painful than when we are trying to find life after death. We so desperately want things to be the way they were. But they are not. So the longing itself becomes an additional source of suffering.
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Richard Carlson was a 20th-century American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. Richard Carlson was an American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. His book, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... Read more on Wikipedia →