One of the first things we can do to soothe our fear is to talk to it. You can sit down with that fearful child inside and be gentle with him or her. You might say something like this: “Dear little child, I am your adult self. I would like to tell you that we are no longer a baby, helpless and vulnerable. We have strong hands and strong feet; we

the nature of no-birth, no-death. There is manifestation, and there is the cessation of manifestation in order to have another manifestation. You have to be alert to recognize the new manifestations of one person. But with practice and effort, you can do it. Pay attention to the world around you, to the leaves and the flowers, to the birds and the

You also can make a contract with a particular distance, perhaps from your work area to the restroom, and vow that when you walk that distance every step will be solid and mindful; otherwise you will go back and do it again. It’s a wonderful way to learn how to live every moment of your daily life deeply, resisting being carried away by your habit

“Hello, my fear. Hello, my anger. Hello, my sadness. I know you are there. I’m going to take good care of you.”

The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.

When you are carried away by anxiety and fear, you are like a queen or king deposed. The practice here is to regain your sovereignty.

And the future you constantly worry about is nothing other than a projection of fear and desire from the past.

Mindfulness is the opposite of this tendency. We must invite these things up into our mind consciousness every day and tell them, “My dear, I’m not afraid of you. I’m not afraid of my fear. It is my nature to grow old; I cannot escape old age.”

Walk with your feet, not with your head.