Lightly and Patiently: The Swept Floor Never Stays Clean:
"Meditation will not "fix you"; it will not change things once and for all. Nothing can do this. Our job is to keep sweeping. Thoughts will continue to come and blow onto your clean-swept patio. Just sweep. No need to ask questions. No need to complain. Keep sweeping. We don't need to analyze, interpret, or fix the leaves; time after time, we just need to sweep, returning to this moment just as it is, again, again, again.
With continued practice, we can start to recognize the wisdom in not reacting, or if reactions arise (as they sometimes will) of not amplifying them and feeding them.
We can learn to enjoy the coming and going of the leaves—and even of the endless sweeping as well!"
'via Blog this'
