MeditationsREADING GUIDE
IIBOOK II
Preparing for the day
Anticipate human difficulties without becoming hostile: morning is a preparation of judgement. Others may frustrate us, but our kinship with them remains. Life’s brevity makes this attention urgent.
A CENTRAL IDEA · ADAPTATION
Today I will meet difficult people. Yet we are made to work together, like hands, feet and eyelids.Freely adapted · II, 1
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BRING IT INTO YOUR LIFE
What situation in your day does this idea illuminate? Take a moment to write down how it changes the way you see things.
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