John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Feeling Shallow?

Are you feeling shallow today?

Did your boss seem dismissive of you?

Are you not getting the kind of respect at home you feel you deserve?

Next time you feel a personal slight, actual or anticipated, stop yourself. Straighten your back. Look the person in the eyes and repeat this quote–soberly and with conviction.

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

Pause. And then add,

“Oh yeah. That’s Carl Gustave Jung. Since you appear confused.”

Shuts ’em up every time. And they will not take you for being shallow or inconsequential again.