Its is NEVER the situation that is the problem
It Is Never the Situation
Something goes wrong. And the immediate experience, almost every time, is that the situation is the problem — that the way forward runs through the circumstances changing, and until they do, you're stuck.
Taoism has always disagreed with that reading. Not because circumstances don't matter, but because the situation is not where your life is actually happening. Your life is happening in your response to it. And the response — unlike the situation — is something you can actually work with.
This episode is about the difference between reaction and response. Why the…
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