" Accepting the mind is sometimes the most useful strategy. When the mind believes that safety or survival is at stake, it won’t be outmaneuvered. But that doesn’t mean we need to suffer. In a tug-of-war against an immovable force, it makes sense to drop the rope. We’ll be discussing how to do that. "

― Shawn T. Smith , The User's Guide to the Human Mind: Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It