Day 5: Confidence and Saddhā

Part 1 of 2 (Gratitude)

Some answers arrive indirectly, as a curve in the path, the rhythm of the rain, or the simplicity of returning to the breath after giving up the search.

This chapter opens with a question about worry and ends with a deeper realization.

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Day 5: Kataññutā

(Gratitude)

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Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

— A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

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Confidence

I woke to a different kind of light. It filtered into the room more diffuse than the day before. I glimpsed the sky outside through the window. It was stretched in dark, muted grays. The air in the room also felt different somehow. I could tell that the day carried a different kind of humidity.

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