The Paradox of Acceptance

A lot of people have a much lower bar for starting to think that something's wrong. The quality of the thought is important but it's also like when we are feeling tired and stressed out or when our partner has said something that is really hurtful, it is really normal to say, well, screw that person I give up, I don't want to be with them. If you buy hook line and sinker into those thoughts then they become very hard to exit. That's where the tension lies. It's not having the thoughts. It's being willing to do the work"