Adverse events cannot hurt us, only our perspective of them can.

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“Death has a thousand doors to let out life: one shall find one”

One day as I was lazily pondering the bright clear blue skies of Southwestern Arizona, I had the strangest premonition. I was thinking of all of the people who had lived and died since the beginning of the world, and how they coped with the unavoidable physical and mental pains in their lives prior to their demise. How did each and everyone view their coming death, and how did they cope and come to accept their death when their time passed upon them. And then it hit me. Death is a natural part of living and growing, both physically and spiritually, and should not be feared.
Adverse matters themselves don't injure or handicap us. Nor do others. How we regard these matters is another affair. It's our mental attitude and response that give us problems. Consequently, even dying is no big deal in and of itself. It's our opinion of dying, our thought that it's frightening, that terrifies us. There are so many numerous and different ways to consider death. Scrutinize your beliefs about death - and everything else. Are they genuinely truthful? Are they serving you any goodness? Don't fear death or pain; fear the fear of death or pain. We can't select our outside circumstances, but we can forever decide how we can react to them.

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