If you’ve been the recipient of some unfair treatment, just let it stop there. Tell yourself: The fact that you have ears to hear things and have a body that can be hit puts you in an unsafe position.

"If you’ve been the recipient of some unfair treatment, just let it stop there. Tell yourself: The fact that you have ears to hear things and have a body that can be hit puts you in an unsafe position. They’re open to attack at any time. Can you find a happiness that doesn’t depend on those things? And where are you going to find that? You find it inside, right here in the present moment where you’re near the breath. When it’s going to open up, that’s where it’s going to open up."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "An End to the Stories"

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