The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
Interpretation
Problems are a natural part of life, and the real issue lies in our expectations around them.
This quote by Theodore Isaac Rubin suggests that difficulties and challenges are inevitable aspects of life. Rather than viewing problems as negative issues to be avoided, we should recognize them as normal occurrences and adjust our mindset accordingly. By changing our perception of problems, we can reduce unnecessary stress and find constructive ways to address them.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Health is relative. There is no such thing as an absolute state of health or sickness. Everyone's physical, mental, and emotional condition is a combination of both.
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.
Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original source, or fountainhead. But regardless of the reason for or the source of the anger or the relative ease or complexity in perceiving either the anger or its source - everybody, but everybody, gets angry.
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.
It is one of the great weaknesses of reasonable men and women that they imagine that projects which fly in the face of commonsense are not serious or being seriously undertaken.
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me.
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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