Chapter 6: The turning point

The easy path leads to the hard life.

The hard path leads to the easy life. 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

One last thought about what we’ll be discussing.

Much of it will be counterintuitive. 

That means not just unfamiliar, but uncomfortable. 

Painful, even.

Your mind and emotions may well resist it. 

It just won’t fit your normal ways of perceiving and feeling and acting. 

You may find it confusing, even annoying.

If that happens, relax. 

It’s normal. 

That discomfort you’re feeling may even turn out to be a good thing.

Why?

Because if you’re able to feel it and push past it, it means you’re at a point in your recovery where you’re willing to tolerate some anxiety in order to expand your consciousness and take adult responsibility for your emotional life.

And that, my friend, is a turning point.