Containers come in all shapes and sizes and they are often made to for certain objects. Packaging is a great example. Pringles fit perfectly into their cylindrical container but if you tried to get square Jacob's cream crackers in there there will be broken crackers everywhere.

This is a beautiful metaphor for life because much of life is outside our control. If you didn't get this before March 2020, I suspect you get it now. We can moan, get upset and be furious but it will not change anything, E-V-E-R! Life will continue and you cannot control it but it turns out you don't need to. Because rallying against life comes from a place of innocent confusion that your feelings come from anywhere but thought in the moment. The mistaken idea that it is ever the outside world which is creating your feelings. It's just a misunderstanding but once you understand where your feelings are coming from, you really can be free.

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