Acceptance

Whether it is more difficult to be accepting of ourselves when we are at our worst or to allow others their own acceptance at their worst, the fact remains that it is even harder to do one, but not the other.

Serenity is more work than it has any right to be. But, I suppose that this is why existence is suffering. The drive to control things outside of oneself that comes from desire is remarkably strong, and it has more tools at its disposal than seems reasonable.