Episode Details

What is the difference between letting go and letting things be? One is a shove. The other is what actually works, and it took me a long time to tell them apart.

People kept telling me there were other pebbles on the beach. I would sit listening to lonely songs until the emotion overwhelmed me. Some things you fully influence, some things partly, and some things not at all. The weather is not yours. A little scepticism is healthy as long as it stays in proportion. If you like a thought, enjoy it. If you do not, let it move on.

One thing to try: Put the thing bothering you into full influence, partial influence, or none. Then act only on the first.

In this episode

• (0:13) Accepting things, and letting them be rather than letting go
• (4:51) People telling me there are other pebbles on the beach
• (6:33) Lonely songs, and being overwhelmed by them on purpose
• (9:03) Not being able to get up without somebody having a go
• (10:51) Paralysed, bankrupt, cheated on. I could list them
• (13:15) The phone rings and you are on the toilet. Murphy's law
• (15:37) Full influence, partial influence, and none at all
• (19:56) You need a little scepticism, but keep it in proportion

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