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I once read a testimonial from a woman who was trying out the ‘law of attraction’ in little ways throughout her day. It seemed every time she applied the technique to her favorite shopping center, she found a choice parking spot. You know, the kind you never get. It feels good to find a parking spot. But then I thought, ‘Why doesn’t she just give the parking spot to someone else and feel really good?’
And there’s the secret. True satisfaction lies outside ourselves. It requires forgetting ourselves, along with our small-time schemes and narrow imaginings. Lasting satisfaction comes not by redesigning your ego’s home according to your fickle predilections but by leaving that home entirely. True love demands the same.
Karen Maezen Miller