Nir Eyal
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Again, we're not wishing it.
We don't want it.
We should help the homeless.
I'm not saying anything that contradicts any of that.
I'm just saying that is also a judgment that that would be a bad thing.
It's that all suffering comes from wanting reality to be something it's not.
That's what suffering is.
Suffering is that person should behave differently.
I wish they would change.
So I'm not going to be happy until they change.
That thing should have happened differently.
And I'm going to keep suffering until it changes.
That's where suffering comes from.
So you don't get that business deal.
I can think about 20 different reasons why that would be amazing.
Because you didn't get that deal, that opens up another potential opportunity.
Now you get to spend more time with your family.
Now you get to start that other business you've always wanted to be doing.
You know what?
At the end of the day, good.