I found myself shrinking, feeling like I was in the way of other attendees who were clearly more worthy of being there.

Like a seed breaking through the earth so it can flower, the emotion is surfacing because it wants our attention.

We’re trained to look for answers “out there.” We buy gadgets, take pills, and outsource our power to authority figures. We jump through relationships trying to find “the one.” We move locations, shift careers, change presidents- but as Jon Kabat-Zinn wonderfully stated, “Wherever you go, there you are.”

We've all heard this before— Be grateful for what you have because there are people living with less. At first glance, this sounds normal.