“I’d like everyone to understand you can learn not to cause all that trouble inside yourself, and then deal with the problem rationally, calmly,” he says. This is part of becoming a giver rather than a taker-and includes being okay when things don’t go your way, and realizing that wanting (and getting) what you don’t have won’t actually fill you up.Īs Oprah notes, these concepts can be confusing for first-time readers, so Singer outlines a key takeaway for everyone. “The meaning of your life is to let go of the darkness, the disturbances, and the blockages that you’ve stored inside,” Singer tells Oprah. Why are you doing it, then? Why are you doing it?” Let go of the darkness to find the light. If you’re complaining about something, Singer says to ask yourself, What good did any one of those complaints do? “The answer is ‘nothing.’ It didn’t change anything. Oprah calls it surrendering-and says that anxiety and stress are often results of people not being able to accept the present moment. Period.” Accepting this is the first step to being more present. In Living Untethered, Singer writes, “No one has ever been able to make something not happen that already happened. $17 at Amazon Stop resisting the present moment.
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