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“Pain is not a dead-end street…what you resist, persists.”

“Accepting your emotions does not mean being a slave to them…It is like inviting them in for a cup of tea. You let them in, offer them a seat, listen to what they have to say, and then, when the visit is over, you let them leave. You do not ignore the knock on the door or lock them in a room in the house.”

“Letting go of your need for control…Stubbornly trying to assert [your] will on an unyielding reality.”