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Nobody's happy all the time. Nobody feels good about themselves all the time. Even people who've had enlightened moments sometimes feel miserable. But Western culture presents impossibilities to people as though they were possible. In this culture we talk about feeling good about oneself or about controlling one's feelings, conquering one's fears. That's foolishness. Nobody does that. What you find, in the real world, is that people do courageous things scared to death. And people work hard when sometimes they're very bored. People often believe their therapists joyfully get up every morning and hurry to the office, eager to see all of their clients that day. That's not true. The only difference between therapists and their clients is that therapists show up for all the sessions.
-- David Reynolds
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