The Goal of Practice Is Simply to Become a Compassionate Mess

It doesn't feel awkward at all to beat ourselves up, you know, because we're just so used to that. But overtime, it gets easier. It's at some point you'll let a little bit of it in, and you'll actually let your warmth in. You'll actually allow yourself to be moved by your own struggle the way you might be moved by a friend you cared about who was telling you something that was very difficult. And whent you see the immediate difference that makes in your ability to cope, then it's like, ok, i want to do this again. Some one whate said the goal of practice is simply to become a compassionate mess. So when you