Understand the Statement,

"Where You Go, There You Are."

By Richard Carlson, Ph. D.

  This is the title of a super book by Jon Kabat-Zinn. As the title suggests, wherever you go, you take yourself with you! The significance of this statement is that it can teach you to stop constantly whishing you were somewhere else. We tend to believe that if we were somewhere else - on vacation, with another partner, in a different home, a different circumstance - somehow we would be happier and more content. We wouldn't!

  The truth is, if you have destructive mental habits - if you get annoyed and bothered easily, if you feel angry and frustrated a great deal of the time, or if you're constantly wishing things were different, these identical tendencies will follow you, wherever you go. And the reverse is also true. If you are a generally happy person who rarely and bothered, then you can move from place, from person to person, with very little negative impact.

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  Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It's absolutely true that "Where you go, there you are."

Cindy Rogers 덕에 읽게 되는 이 책.

올 가을에 나의 머리와 심장도 서서히나마 꽉~꽉~ 채워줘야지..

라는 생각과 함께.. '자아' 에 대해 다시금 생각하게 해주는 글.

그리고, 한 동안 뒷전으로 미뤄두었던

새 책들을 한 권씩. 한 권씩.. 읽어나간다...