Mark Nepo

And he does.

And the master leads him to a lake.

He says, put the salt in the lake.

He does.

He says, now drink.

So this student kneels.

He scoops some water.

It dribbles down his chin.

Master says, well, he says, oh, it's fresh.

And the master says, stop being a glass, become a lake.

Stop being a glass, become a lake.

look from the whole perspective of the earth from the ocean of spirit be where you are but let everything in because what that ancient anonymous story is saying is we will never eliminate fear and pain but we can right-size it by enlarging our sense of things by enlarging our sense of things so

we may hear this story people who are listening with us and say well it's not good to be a glass i won't do that well yes you will and i will and you will because that's how fear and pain say hello but we don't have to stay there so the practice question the daily practice question is what experiences relationships and practices yes experiences relationships and practices

are in your toolbox to enlarge your sense of things when you stumble into fear and pain and worry and numbness and despair so you don't have to reinvent the wheel yeah and even there may be times when i know what i need to do and i can't do it and then i got to call you up and say help

Well, I think what I would offer, and we go back to the heart being our strongest muscle and our finest instrument, is to trust our heart

And I encourage people not to think that everything that's in the way is a problem or a deficiency, but a teacher.

We're in our world, modern world, we've been mistaught to think we're entitled to a obstacle-free existence.

And no, obstacles, nobody loves obstacles, but they're not demons, they're teachers.

And what's in the way is the way.

And that's how our light goes brighter and how our heart shows up for each other.