We often live inside of our stories and react from them. When we begin to perceive our experience as it is, we can respond rather than react and end the cycle of suffering.
Lots of good stories!
A talk about aspects of Buddhist practice that have helped me in my writing life: gratitude for this human birth, appreciation of form, sense of being held in Indra's Net, curiosity, willingness to look at what's difficult, seeing that what appear to be obstacles are often the path itself, the life, the art itself.
