A student asked Soen Nakagawa: “Master, I am very discouraged. What should I do?”
Soen replied: “Encourage others”
my life has many challenges. A few have even told me " i could never endure what you have endured" It is not so easy to explain that it is not so much endurance as it is Acceptance. And that , like any work of art, my life has to have contrast- the Darkness as well as the Light.
In those recovery rooms [i do AA/NA] i hear our stories. In my 16 yrs in recovery, i see those stories work out on ways none of us would have dreamt... my own story is still very much a work of art in progress. My recovery has brought me peace - the ability , as the sage said : "To remain in the center, Watching"
i wish you a quiet mind....