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5 Time-Tested Buddhist Strategies for Avoiding the “Hook” of Anger and Resentment
From the globally-renowned (not that she’d care) Buddhist monk, Pema Chödrön
You can only find this book that I’m going to recommend on audio, but it’s wonderful! It’s a fantastic little audio program on not “biting the hook” of anger and resentment — and what I also love is that the author has a voice like Lisa Simpson.
I’m serious! That’s immediately who I thought of when I heard her speak for the first time.
Anyway, as Pema Chödrön says, I’ll bet that as soon as tomorrow you’ll have an opportunity to practice patience — and this book will show you how.
She helps us relate and respond constructively in situations that would ordinarily drive us over the edge, instead of reacting with mindless anger.
For such a short audiobook, it’s packed with insights and moments where all you can do is press “pause” and really reflect on how self-evidently true what she’s saying actually is:
That patience is a revolutionary act; that however we react, we’re casting a vote for…
