The Practice of Letting Go of Mental Constructs

Our ideas about ourselves, other people, or situations can often block us from enjoying life's inevitable challenges and dealing with them wisely

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Everything we believe about ourselves and others is an idea, an image constructed in our heads. And these mental constructs can be some of our biggest obstacles and struggles.

Letting go of our mental constructs—our ideas about ourselves and others—can be most liberating.