Thereโs no point in being unhappy about things you canโt change, and no point being unhappy about things you can.
Dan HarrisWhat meditation does is allow you to actually survive these emotions as opposed to compartmentalizing and having them come up and make you a shithead in other areas of your life. The alternative is to be miserable, and I don't think we're living in a wise way when we do that.
Dan HarrisBut it was in this moment, lying in bed late at night, that I first realized that the voice in my headโthe running commentary that had dominated my field of consciousness since I could rememberโwas kind of an asshole.
Dan Harris