A person starts off with a simple repetitive anxiety. To cope with it they start drinking. When depression sets in drug abuse follows, and a little problem becomes a major one.
This may be simplistic, but unless we can build up emotional security in young people the pattern will broadly be similar to the one above in too many people.
Our education system increasingly stays intellectual and is measured by intellectual progress, at the expense of emotional wellbeing.
The process in my book may well be adapted to all walks of life to maintain wellbeing in more people.
My book is saying 'slow down', let new things inspire you but give them time to sink down into feelings. Stop rushing around!
It is like preventitive care rather than emergency care when things have gone wrong.
John Admin
Life in five chapters
Autobiography in Five Chapters
Portia Nelson - from Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
~ Chapter 1 ~
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in… I am lost, I am helpless It isn't my fault It takes forever to find a way out
~ Chapter 2 ~
I walk down the same street There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I pretend not to see it I fall in again I can't believe I am in the same place But isn't my fault It still takes a long time to get out ~ Chapter 3 ~
I walk down the same street There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I see it is there I fall in.. it's a habit…, but my eyes are open I know where I am It is my fault I get out immediately
~ Chapter 4 ~
I walk down the same street There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I walk around it
