240426 What I learned in my studies this morning 4

Today's Meditation(s):

Discourses, 1.15.6-8 (Waterfield)

Don't expect the rules of Nature, or the arrow of Time, to change according to my desires. What is, is. The more honestly I look, the more clearly I see, the better able I'll be to deal with the truth in front of me.

I may not like it — I may loathe it; I may panic at the thought of it — but until I face it, I will only be guessing at what to do.

In what sense am I practicing courage if I refuse to look at life as what it is? Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not, but it always is.

Try not to get fooled. Do not fool myself. Don't try to fool others.