Mark Nepo

And so each day we are challenged to be fully here and to hold nothing back.

VR.

I think in a very simple way, I use a very simple question to help me get a sense of that.

And that is, is what I'm involved in is what I'm

giving myself to whatever it might be.

Is it life giving and heartening or is it life draining and disheartening?

That's like an inner barometer, especially when things seem complicated or tangled.

I just come back to that question.

Is this life giving and heartening or life draining and disheartening?

And if it's life giving, even if it's difficult, well, I'm in.

But if it's life draining, what am I doing?

And so likewise, if I

don't feel what's before me and what's in me well there are usually two two possible major kind of reasons for me at least one is i'm blocked somehow i have a wall or a wound or a fear or an anxiety that's not allowing me to be thorough and open so then okay how do i identify where i'm blocked

That's the inner work.

So I can clear it out.

The other is I may be just tired and I need to rest.

I'm committed to being wholehearted, but there's some days I'm half-hearted.

So it means it's like when you go to a famous museum and you want to take in everything.

And after an hour, you're like, oh my God, another masterpiece.

Give me a break.