May 17th, 2012 - Thursday - Futility

May 17th, 2012 - Thursday - Futility - No risk... no reward... but that's not what your ego is telling you.   Yes... the ego is trying to protect you.  When you fail, when you fall, when you stumble, it hurts, it is embarrassing, and it sucks.  So the mind is saying, let me help you: "The situation is pert near hopeless!  Give yourself up!"  There you go!  Wisdom!  You can't win ANYWAY, so why bother?  Save yourself the grief and the pain and the suffering.  Or...