THE GIFT OF THIS RISK
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Short: Kindness
Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle. (Charles Glassman)
Without Expectations (short)
Act without expectation. (Lao Tzu)
A WINTER OF MOURNING
I'm of an age where this is visceral. It's not just something to read on a card. I feel it in my knees and in my heart.
HOW DO I RECEIVE THESE GIFTS?
The most difficult teachers have been my best teachers. The ones I resist, they break me open so that I may learn. And because I am my most difficult and challenging teacher I need an amount (always more than I imagine) of solitude. To sit. With my willfulness. My obstinance. My denial. All of it!