 So have you ever tried to change a negative emotion into a positive emotion and if you did How successful were you that attempt? Will into bed probably not very successful a similar with look at this is Sometimes people say, you know, is it possible to ever get to a point in life where I feel good all the time? and another way to think about this is In psychotherapy or counseling for instance somebody might say well, you know, I had a bad week because I felt bad Okay Now the answer to this and it took me a long time to figure this one out. So I can save you some time here It's impossible to feel good all the time or the very least it's impossible to make yourself feel good all the time You know, not even the Buddha could achieve that the Buddha had his moments Okay, so it's kind of the goal is not to feel good all the time the goal is to Become aware of our reactions to any emotion that comes up And to decide Disidentify from those feelings when they come up Okay, the feelings themselves whether it be happiness peace of mind or depression or anxiety Are not the issue the issue is that we identify ourselves with the feelings So once we stop doing that or becoming aware of our impulse to do it or our tendency to do it That's complete success Okay, right? We're stepping away because that allows us to surrender to whatever feeling those come up And simply to watch it. It's grabbing on to it and trying to change it or push it away Or hold on to it tightly That's the issue. So let's say you're doing counseling or psychotherapy with somebody If you were to have a bad week It's easy to say well, this is terrible. I haven't made any progress because my feelings haven't changed It's absolutely. Okay. It's not really the goal because the goal is never about feeling good all the time It's just simply feeling Not struggling whatever emotion is there That's it. It's just not struggling with however it is you feel Okay, so no the goal is not to feel good all the time The goal is to be with the feeling all the time are pretty much out of the time you're going to get frustrated You're going to have bad days anxiety comes up, but that's it. It's to say anxiety is here It's not to say I am anxious and I need to change this anxiety More pressure on myself because it's an impossible task. You cannot change an emotion You cannot Push it away Okay, that's not your goal. It's it's exhausting and doesn't work So a few thoughts for me today out in this beautiful forest here and thanks for watching. I'll talk to you soon. Bye