Chapter 9
Letting the good times roll
If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
Edith Wharton
When we are so busy and hectic, certainly it can feel like there is no time in the day to feel anything good. We are talking about all those lovely, warm and fuzzy feelings like love, excitement, joy, peace, calm and gratitude, to name just a few. As we explored in the previous chapters, if we are constantly trying to keep uncomfortable feelings at bay, in the hope that we will reach everlasting happiness, we tend to find that this leaves very little room to savour any sweetness.
The more that we attempt to push away anything that is uncomfortable, unwittingly, we push away feeling good at the same time and can end up ...
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