The Rules for Being Human
I’ve used this reading in the wilderness for programs when the participants were having a particularly difficult time adjusting to the wilderness or the circumstances presented to them at the time. It’s also had a place on my refrigerator over the years. I don’t recall the author.
Meditating in Ecuador
1. You will receive a body.
You may like it or hate it but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.
2. You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irreveleant and stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately “works.” (more…)
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