"Nobody's life is entirely free of pain and sorrow. Isn't it a question of learning to live with them rather than trying to avoid them? The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life. The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind."
--Eckhart Tolle--
When I read this quote, it really struck me. Basically, our pain is a result of our own inability to face what we have been handed. Our resistance of our given circumstances and our connection that we have with ourselves and our minds, directly correlates with the amount of pain we must deal with. I take from this quote that we must be in tune with our minds and our inner workings and emotions to not question, but to accept and strong deal with the situations we have been handed. We do not have the ability to change the past or what has happened to us, but we can definitely effect how we feel and the future that lays ahead of us. We just have to take time and employ courage to face ourselves so that we can face our unwanted circumstances. In the end, we will be better off from it.
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