To prove something means we don't feel secure the way it is. We might catch moments of confidence, but it's fragile.

We believe outer effort brings forth the life we yearn for. While the action is necessary, we must first ask, where am I acting from?

Because it’s an everyday example of how we create suffering. We constantly think that if only we had the “other” jacket, car, job, vacation, partner, life—then we’d be ok.

We think we need to go faster and harder, often sprinting through life and burning ourselves out. We constantly compare ourselves to others, as if life is a competition.

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.