You close your eyes for a momentand take a slow, deep breath. Simply focus on your body,which keeps breathing with a kind heart. You notice this body,changing moment by moment. No past.No future.Only now—this moment. This realizationis the way to happiness.
Expectation is troublesome. It looks like hope, but before we notice, it begins to bind the heart. Expectation easily becomes a restraint on action. The stronger the wish of “I want this to happen,” the more we fear failure, and the harder it becomes to move. Expectation is also addictive. We place our hearts in…