Willingness is:

• Holding your pain as you would hold a delicate flower in your hand 
• Embracing your pain as you would embrace a crying child 
• Sitting with your pain the way you would sit with a person who has a serious illness 
• Looking at your pain the way you would look at an incredible painting 
• Walking with your pain the way you would walk while carrying a sobbing infant 
• Honoring your pain the way you would honor a friend by listening 
• Inhaling your pain the way you would take a deep breath 
• Abandoning the war with pain like a soldier who puts down his weapons to walk home 
• Getting with your pain like drinking a glass of pure water 
• Carrying your pain the way you carry a picture in your wallet 

​Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
Steven Hayes & Spencer Smith