“I have come to see the profound value of taking in the whole landscape of life and not rejecting or denying what we are given. I have also learned that our waywardness, difficulties, and 'crises' might not be terminal obstacles. They can actually be gateways to wider, richer internal and external landscapes. If we willingly investigate our... See more

Historically I’ve wrestled with this duality coming in contact with difficult problems. First, the level-headed, begrudging acceptance that yes, this is meant to be hard . In the same vein, I’m like god, why is this so hard? Sooner or later, I get over myself. It’s not that my problems are uniquely hard, they just generally take energy to solve and... See more

Experience, however uncomfortable, is an individual's most honest teacher, and when they welcome it, it transforms, and what they once feared becomes familiar, and what once controlled them loses its grip 29:38