When I hold onto my stressful thoughts I do it to protect myself. I do it because I think I need them to survive. It’s because deep down I’m holding onto a belief that the stress helps me.
Wanting to be rid of the pain of a stressful thought without addressing the underlying belief that I NEED it is a fool’s errand.
It’s like holding onto a scalding hot fire extinguisher and letting it burn my hands because if I drop it, a fire might break out and burn me. In my confusion, I burn myself now to save myself from getting burned later.
And so I spend my every now burning. That is hell. That’s the only hell there is: “Burning.” Now.
The first thing to do is question the whole idea that it’s even possible to burn if I don’t burn myself.
When that’s cleared up, everything falls into place.
Because, when I’m thinking clearly, I let go of everything that burns me.