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When something feels unpleasant or challenging, our brains like to close in, trying to solve the problem. Often it can help to step back a bit and view the situation from a distance, dialing down the story and emotion while opening up to possibilities. Expanding awareness can reveal new options.

In mindful presence,
​Lori Furbush

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
​―Helen Keller