βThe life force and the death wish have a relationship.β β Esther Perel
More than is acceptable to admit, Iβd love nothing more than to forfeit responsibility for my own life. I can be guilty of what Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆn calls a deep-seated conviction that there's some hand to hold β that if we just do the right things, someone will appreciate us and take care of us. She says, βIt means thinking there's always going to be a babysitter or magical parent when we need one.β
Iβve been living according to Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆnβs Comfortable With Uncertainty for three years now, and it is the book that guided me across the bridge of an ex-Christian life into the Buddhist one I lead now. I grew up Baptist in the Bible Belt as the oldest daughter of a preacherβs son, and now, Iβm pretty much a heathen.