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As a nineteenth-century pope notoriously commented, “Error has no rights.” Caught up by the momentum of his or her cause, the Optimist can easily forget the vital addendum to the papal statement made by Orestes Brownson: “Error has no rights, but the man who errs has equal rights with him who errs not.”
Once again, I repeat: we are not our thoughts. We are the awareness the thoughts are arising to and within. Most thoughts don’t matter, and some thoughts really don’t matter. Every moment we invest in our unwanted thoughts, every ounce of energy we put into trying to disprove them, is a morsel of time and energy wasted. We are validating and strengthening what’s insignificant—a strange, albeit noisy blip in a flawed system.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
Kristin Neff, the self-compassion expert I mentioned earlier, recommends this one: “This is a moment of suffering. May I be kind to myself.” However, personally I prefer something a bit shorter and simpler. My self-compassion catchphrase is “This really hurts. Be kind.” If either of those appeal to you, feel free to use them; but if you prefer to come up with your own phrase, all the better.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
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