Wallace: Video

You are not the center of the universe. The traffic jam is not a conspiracy against you. The water is real. And you have the power, for just a few moments a day, to wake up.

The point is crushing: The most obvious, important, and pervasive realities are often the hardest to see. Wallace argues that our natural, default state is worship . But we don’t worship gods anymore; we worship intellect, money, bodies, and status. The problem is that these are “unconscious” gods. When you worship money, you will never have enough. When you worship your body, you will always feel ugly. wallace video

You think: If I just had more time. If these idiots would just move. I deserve better than this. You turn your immediate frustration into a capital-L Life problem. You become the center of the universe. You are not the center of the universe