84th problem

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I love it!!!

Bob

P.S. Today I am having the thoughts that I would like to ( a whole lot

of things, but I need to( a whole lot of things). I spend hours and

hours looking for solutions to my problems. The ones that would help,

I don't follow through on because I am busy looking for soulutions to

other problems or an even better solution to the first. I have the

thought that I am a perfectionist and a procrastinator.

> there is a nice anecdote in a book I

> like (a very ACT-like book) called " Being Zen. " A farmer goes to the

> Buddha and complains about all the problems he's having with his

wife,

> his daughters, his crops, etc. The Buddha says he's sorry, but he

> can't help the farmer with that stuff. Everyone, he says, has 83

> problems, and that's just the way life is.

>

> The farmer somewhat indignantly asks, " Then what good is all your

> teaching? " The Buddha replies, " I can't help you with the first 83

> problems, but I can help you with the 84th problem. " And what's that?

> " The 84th problem is that we don't want any problems. "