How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?
Byron KatiePay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
Byron KatieIn the fall, you don't grieve because the leaves are falling and dying. You say, "Isn't it beautiful!" Well, we're the same way. There are seasons. We all fall sooner or later. It's all so beautiful. And our concepts, without investigation, keep us from knowing this. It's beautiful to be a leaf, to be born, to fall, to give way to the next, to become food for the roots. It's life, always changing its form and always giving itself completely. We all do our part. No mistake.
Byron Katie