All distress results from an unwillingness to accept reality.
Once you’ve accepted that your car has a flat tire, you need to redo your work, you’ve got a wrinkle, or that you have an injury that needs immobilization, the distress vanishes. The gap between awareness and acceptance is where the ego self-talks about your suffering, discomfort, frustration and you allow this to become your reality by becoming emotional. It’s as though the ego thinks that if reality is fought, it can be avoided.
The sooner you accept reality, the less you will experience distress.
