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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nI was listening to a podcast my friend, Kat had recommended with Dan Harris speaking with Brother Ch\u00e5n Ph\u00e1p H\u00fcu. It was an interesting meditation on burnout and overwhelm. Something that I have recently gone through myself. I have a tendency to go 100 mph and if I keep it up, I burn out. It’s in me to do this, so the smart thing would be to remember to slow my roll, but I’m often not smart when it comes to what I need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I loved most as I walked and observed mesmerizing gardens is how the monk spoke directly to me as he reminded me of the five remembrances – I am of the nature to grow old<\/em>. And in growing old, my already set nature to allow myself to overwhelm, to burn out, to lose my get up and go, is more profound, more noticeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am of the nature to do too much. I am of the nature to forget I have the ability to walk outside and be in nature and lose (and find) myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have the ability to reset by saying the sacred no. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Five Remembrances:
1) I am of the nature to grow old; there is no way to escape aging.
2) I am of the nature to have ill health; there is no way to escape illness.
3) I am of the nature to die, there is no way to escape death.
4) All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change; there is no way to escape being separated from them.
5) I inherit the results of my actions of body, speech and mind; my actions are my continuation. <\/p>\n\n\n