My brother-in-law Lye Soon is a sort of a complainer.
He complaints incessantly in one email after another about the
Government. I usually do not bother to reply. But on one
occasion I wrote him the following response:
Dear Lye Soon,
I cannot change people's thinking.
But I can change mine.
My happiness is dependent on the way I perceive the world.
If I am unhappy, the first place I look at is my beliefs and thoughts.
By questioning my stressful beliefs and thoughts I find that they are untrue
and that frees me. If I think that other people should not do what they do,
or think what they think, who suffers? I do.
Let people think what they want and let people do what they want. Let them take
care of their thinking and their happiness. I take care of mine.
And I am most comfortable when I do not believe stressful thoughts.
I prefer to be free than to be right.
All suffering is caused by believing untrue thoughts.
Try this:
http://www.byronkatie.com
http://www.thework.com
Love and Peace,
Paul
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