Most of the human suffering comes from avoidance

Reference: & The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Type: #permanentnote Topics: [[ Self-Discipline ]] [[ Happiness ]] Related: Easy Choices Makes life hard, Hard Choices Makes Life Easy

Most of the suffering comes from avoidance. We all know how good cold shower is for our body. But we don’t practice it. We try to avoid it. All the suffering from a cold shower is before you go in the shower. Once you’re in, you’re in. It’s not suffering anymore.

Most of the time you want to skip something because it just feels hard or very uncomfortable at the moment. 90% of the thoughts we have are fear based. When you suffer inside you head and try to avoid something, it brings more suffering.