Lightly and Patiently: The Swept Floor Never Stays Clean:
"The patio is like the mind. Mindfulness meditation practice can feel like sweeping the mind and clearing away the thoughts strewn about making a big mess.
It's easy to get caught up in resistance and resentment toward these leaves: "Damn it, I just swept that floor!" Despite our protests, nature has another idea. Nature doesn't care if we've swept the patio or how long it took us to do it. In the same way, the mind has its nature and it doesn't really care about your agenda. The mind will continue to do what it does: give rise to thoughts. If we expect the mind to stay "swept," we are setting ourselves up for disappointment."
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