Sometimes the concept you're questioning makes more sense to ask just the second one and not the first one.

Mind is infinitely creative. And when it's not stuck, that's where the joy comes from. Something happens, and the way we think about it, understand it, see it, is actually hilarious, whereas before it used to depress us.

Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.

all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear

You are what exists before all stories.

Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a story that isn't true for you." Living a lie is always stressful. And investigating a lie through The Work always leads you back to who you are. Who you are is not an option. You are love. It hurts to believe you're other than who you are, to live any story less than love.

When you srgue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.