Mostly posting to express my agreement; for group dynamic purposes.
Incidentally, some years before discovering LW I was facing a similar problem to ones that the Tarsky and Gendlin litanies strive to address. The affirmation I came up with was
“You are not choosing whether to have a problem or not.
Sure it would be nice not to have a problem, but that’s not a choice that is offered.
What are you doing is choosing whether to become AWARE of an already existing problem/situation”
I agree with Raemon.
Mostly posting to express my agreement; for group dynamic purposes.
Incidentally, some years before discovering LW I was facing a similar problem to ones that the Tarsky and Gendlin litanies strive to address. The affirmation I came up with was
“You are not choosing whether to have a problem or not. Sure it would be nice not to have a problem, but that’s not a choice that is offered. What are you doing is choosing whether to become AWARE of an already existing problem/situation”