Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Wakefulness takes everything – true courage and commitment – and includes everyone. The challenge may come from someone on line with you at the store or someone much more difficult. I always think of family trips home as one of the greatest barometers for our practice. Home for the holidays, to the people who ignite all of our oldest, deepest reactivity. Can you be awake and intimate with your mother or father or sister or aunt, whoever it is who is the biggest pain in your ass and gets under your skin the most? Remaining open to intimacy and connection takes courage and effort.’ (from Slow Down. Help Out. Wake Up.)