pride -> courage: I realized that being a physics student and "very smart" was not going to cut it and decided to start listening to what I felt and by doing so try to figure out how I could avoid being terribly unhappy.
courage -> neutrality: I realized that I was actually capable of dealing with my emotions and with other people by accepting them and that nothing terrible was going to happen.
neutrality -> willingness: I became aware of the field of personal development and started to organize my life.
willingness -> acceptance: I started setting big goals to change major parts of my life and realized that I am actually capable of reaching them.
I am at acceptance at the moment as well, so I cannot say with any certainty what to do to get past that. I am quite sure, though, that I should still do something about emotionally charged thoughts. By my estimation around 5% of my thoughts are honestly what I think and the other 95% is emotionally distorted and therefore unreasonable and/or not helping me or anybody else.
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