Becoming an Island

From the Stone Tarot, the Six of Cups; from the Buddhist Quote Cards, a verse from the second chapter of the Dhammapada:

Stone's Six of Cups illustrates the way we integrate past memories into the present. If you speak to anyone for an hour or so, it soon become obvious which memories they carry in their consciousness. Some cups are full of loss and grief, pain and suffering; others are full of joy and wonder, challenges met and insights gained. It's not that we should try to forget the painful ones and only remember the joyful times.  But a negative bias (a function of evolution) can affect our outlook in detrimental ways. It takes effort to relive happy moments, remembering when our hearts were warmly touched, but it helps us to live lightly instead of trudging through life. In fact, it is a practice. As the Dhammapada states:

Through effort, vigilance, restraint, and self-control,

the wise person can become an island no flood will overwhelm.