Noticing how much struggle I bring to meditation, to being with friends, to my moods. I notice that this struggle does not come from the issues themselves. Granted, on vacation for two weeks I might have less noticeable struggle, a lower noise floor, and I might presume that I felt better because of my circumstances; but again it is my struggle, my noise that is causing me a problem, not the outside.
How often a slight change of circumstances changes our view. Suppose that I had to dig a garden for several hours. I might find the job unpleasant, but I might be much happier if I knew I was going to get paid, or even just complemented for doing it.
Really we know what is going on. We get dismayed about circumstances because we can feel ourselves sinking, or we feel good about something that will happen because we can remember something like it and feel ourselves lifting.
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