04/03/2025
You take the orange and you squeeze it. As hard as you can it. And you ask yourself, what will come out? And what comes out when you squeeze an orange? Orange juice. Never, no matter how many times you squeeze it, will apple juice come out. There's no mistakes. And the next question is, why? Why when you squeeze an orange, as hard as you can squeeze it, does orange juice come out? The reason that orange juice comes out when you squeeze it is because that's what's inside. Now you extend the metaphor, and someone squeezes you. That is, someone says something about you that you don't like. Someone behaves towards you in a way that you find offensive. Somebody does something or says something to you that you feel hurt by. And out of you comes anger. Hatred. Bitterness. Tension. Fear. Anxiety. Stress. And immediately you say, the reason that comes out of me is because of how he said it, or the way that she said that, or because they did that. But the truth is, the reality is, that what comes out is what's inside.
If negativity comes out when we’re under pressure, it’s because that’s what’s inside us. And if we want different things—like patience, kindness, or resilience—to come out, then we need to cultivate those qualities internally.
It’s a tough but freeing realization: we can’t always control what happens to us, but we can control what’s within us. What do you think—does this idea resonate with you?
-Admin
