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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

So I gave him an exercise to practice for one week: “Breathing in, I see myself as a five-year-old child. Breathing out, I smile to that five-year-old child.”

Fear

Thich Nhat Hanh

Life’s challenges point us to the part of our soul that is ready to transform. As an acute form of challenge, suffering is a blaring siren that is sure to get our attention. It screams, “Wake up! Pay attention! You have work to do!” Of course, each of us can work to avoid suffering, and we should. But when we approach our own suffering with curiosity, asking it what it may have to teach us, it takes on new meaning. This is true of any kind of suffering—physical, emotional, and spiritual.

The Well-Lived Life

Gladys McGarey and Mark Hyman

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