"You may have heard the old story, usually attributed to a Native American elder, meant to illuminate the power of attention. A grandfather (occasion… - Sharon Salzberg

It is taught, we too can be enlightened, every one of us. We can be completely freed from the bonds of limitation and conditioned confusion through our own endeavor, inspiration, effort and development. There is a path, and we can traverse it.

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.

Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.