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“Patience and action”–Daily Metta

December 17: “Time is always on the side of those who will wait upon it.” –Gandhi (Collected Works, Vol. XXVI, p. 268) Wait. Wait. This is not what it sounds like. Gandhi is not telling us to refrain from acting, he is talking about what attitude to cultivate once the wheels of nonviolence are set… read more

“One-Pointed Attention”–Daily Metta

May 29: “I am content with doing the task in front of me.” –Gandhi (Harijan, September 7, 1935, p. 234)   We’ve all seen it: families and friends filling a room, and everyone is looking down at their devices. What would happen if we gave our attention instead to what–or who–is really in front of… read more