Quote from Recentering Seth by John Friedlander
You don't get to say, “I'm willing for the world to be chaotic but only this chaotic.” You don't get that choice. You can't demand, “Beyond this line, life cannot go.” You don't get to say, “Okay I've been patient. Now damn it, do it now.” It just doesn't work that way just because you have this wonderful will—I can will it away. You may be able to, but you may not. If you don't deal with the underlying issues, sooner or later the issues will get more powerful than your will power, no matter how powerful your will power is. Because your will power is set up to help you engage the world, not to put up a dam between you and what you consider to be unacceptable. What you have is a dialogue with life, nothing more.
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