Patrick Brinksma

Contrast in our lives causes us to ask what we want. If we are sick, we want more wellness. If we are broke, we want more money. If our relationships end, we want a better relationship. And so on, and so on. And when we hit such a contrast in our lives, generally speaking, it feels bad. On the emotional scale we end up in the bottom half and we start to justify the way we feel with arguments related to what we do not want. And in this process we put more attention to what do not want resulting in more dissapointment and we glue ourselves to feeling bad.

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