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Read time: 1 minute, 334 words. A man is riding a horse at full speed. Someone standing nearby shouts: "Where are you going?" The rider calls back: "I don't know. Ask the horse." I stopped when I came across this story. Because a lot of life can feel like that. Busy.In motion.Always responding.So here's the question I'm sitting with: What in your life is the horse right now?-KabirPS - I found this story while reading Thích Nhất Hạnh. He reminds us to return to the present moment. If you're...
Read time: 1 minute, 319 words. James Stockdale spent eight years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was tortured repeatedly. Later, he was asked: Who did not make it out? His answer: The optimists. The ones who said,"We will be out by Christmas." Then Christmas came and went. Then Easter. Then Thanksgiving. Then Christmas again. They died of broken hearts. The lesson: Never lose faith that you will prevail in the end. But never lie to yourself about the reality in front of you. -Kabir PS -...
Read time: 1 minute, 300 words.A man stands in front of a locked door he's been trying to open for months. He studies the hinges.He inspects the grain of the wood.He wonders who built it and why. He sketches diagrams.Reads manuals.Asks others what they think is on the other side. What he doesn't do is turn the knob. One day, almost out of frustration, he finally does. The door opens. It was never locked.It was just heavy. Many things we call confusion are actually resistance to effort....