Dealing with “Off Days”
Make space in your life for the off days
Because you can’t control everything
Practice and All is Coming
“In the utmost anguish of his soul, the shell will break.
The light of the burning hut will witness his glorious deliverance.
I will wait for him beside the burning cottage.
Tears will run down my cheeks.
I will be there to contemplate his new being.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The Story of a River
“The Story of a River,” written by my beloved teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, is a beautiful allegory that reveals the stark truth of the human journey — the struggle between grasping and letting go, the experience of bliss and suffering, and eventually, the learning, growing, and settling in wisdom and peace.