Reading Books

In case you haven't figured it out yet... I am a book nut! Love reading books!! Love the sense of discovery in each and every one. My one weakness is... I like to read multiple books at the same time. Right now, I think I have about 10 books on the go... and more keep piling up. The one good thing is... most of the books on my bookshelves, I have actually read... I've also decluttered quite a bit and gotten rid of tonnes of books in the past. But every once in a while, I do need to go through and cull them again. Last night I read a quick book called "The Key"... written by a Zen Buddhist monastery in California. It was a quick little read and I should probably have read it slower, but it was fascinating. The idea that we create our own reality. The problem does not lie with the externals, people, places, things, situations, but HOW we hold the people, places, things, situations. Accept what is and transform your experience of it. A simple concept, and one I've come across before, but also a tough nut to crack. So much more satisfying to wallow in suffering and lament about what "is" and try to change what "is" and complain and blame and sigh... Satisfying to no one really... but somehow we've become addicted to suffering and think that if we're not suffering, something's wrong. What would my life look like if I could just accept what is... in this moment, and not try and change the people involved... not try and change the situation... just accept it for what it is... That might change my reality... Correction... that would change my reality!!