Post-Election Thoughts #1

One of the best metaphors from the Buddha that is very appropriate today is this: when we suffer, it is often because we are hit by two arrows. The first arrow is the negative situation itself… we lose our job, our partner leaves us, or Donald Trump is elected president... and the second arrow is our aversion, our negative reaction to it. We don't always have a choice whether or not we are hit by the first arrow, but we definitely have a choice to not get hit by the second arrow. Let's try to avoid the second arrow today, shall we?