Whenever you are upset...

Whenever you are upset about an event, a person, or a situation, the real cause is not the event, person, or situation but a loss of true perspective that only space can provide. You are trapped in object consciousness, unaware of the timeless inner space of consciousness itself. The words This, too, will pass when used as a pointer can restore awareness of that dimension to you.
Another pointer to the truth in you is contained in he following statement: “I am never upset for the reason I think.”

~Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth)