Avoiding What's Unlovely | December 12, 2014
We instinctively avoid unpleasantness, often without our awareness.
When we touch something unlovely in ourselves—fear, anger, jealousy,
shame, disgust—we tend to withdraw emotionally and direct our attention
elsewhere. But denying how we feel, or projecting our fears and faults
onto others, only drives a wedge between us and the people we yearn to
be close to.
- Christopher K. Germer, "Getting Along"
- Christopher K. Germer, "Getting Along"
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