Endless journey

I see something clearer today. As I go through this day I am experiencing things that seem to have the effect of raising my stress level. I remember what I said in another previous post and am practicing this, but... There are always 'things' that can cause us stress. The list is endless. Is human life an endles journey of suffering? Suffering in one form or another, physically, mentally, emotionally and even spiriutally. I see life being lived out this way in so many, myself included. Do we have to suffer so much?? I don't have a definitive answer to this, but in my heart I believe that we can become free of suffering. There is a way. I can feel it. Is the answer contained in the teaching of some of our past spiritual teachers, maybe. But I think that there is an answer already within me and I believe that there is already an answer contained within you as well.

When I look and see that there is an endless list of potential things that can cause me suffering, It awakens me to the knowledge that this may be true for others. So, part one, I choose to reduce the amount of times I make that list for others. Part two, as I see that the list can become endless it somehow changes for me and starts to loose its power. Maybe it is like being a tree, sometimes the wind blows strong, sometimes the rain comes in storms, sometimes it is too hot, somtimes it is too cold, and so on. But these things come and these things go. How can I really accomplish anything by getting upset at the wind, or the storm or the heat or the cold. Sometimes these things can relieve my stress as much as they can increase my stress. So maybe they are truly neutral and it is my view that changes their effect on me.

Perhaps this is more the answer for me. Seeing the neutrality of things rather than assigning them plus or minus values, positive or negative influence.

Thank You