Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement - the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The cure is to see fantasy as fantasy, which will reveal it as neither necessary nor rewarding.
Vernon HowardNo one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
Vernon HowardAll forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
Vernon Howard