We do not only take care of ourselves by holding the line. We also take care of ourselves by shaping edges that allow for the right kinds of movement. Not everything and not indiscriminately. But enough.
Embarrassingly Straightforward
There is a quiet, almost mischievous simplicity running through so many of the great wisdom traditions, whether you wander through the teachings of Buddha or Jesus, sit with Laozi, or read someone like Jon Kabat-Zinn. Different languages, different metaphors, different rituals, and yet they keep pointing, again and again, to something almost embarrassingly straightforward.
Choosing What We Meet First
The Soft Art of Subtraction
There’s a funny thing that can happen when life finally offers us a rare bit of breathing room. Retirement, a quieter season, a shift in what tugs at our days. Suddenly there’s space. A clearing. And many of us, raised in the great tradition of noble overextension, react to that clearing with a kind of internal alarm: Quick! Fill it before someone notices!
