THE JOURNEY BEGINS
THE JOURNEY BEGINS WHEN YOU START HEAR HAVING A FRIEND TO LISTEN TO YOUR PROBLEMS AND DISCUSS THEM WITH YOU IN THE BEGINNING OF FINDING A SOLUTION. THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH ONE STEP ---- LAO TZU WHAT DO WE DO WHEN PEOPLE WE ARE CLOSE TO ARE SHARING THEIR WORRIES WITH US? I WANTED TO SAY SO MUCH AS HARRY SPOKE OF HIS INNER TURMOIL, BUT THEN I REMEMBERED MY TRAINING AS A MONK, OUR SILENT PRESENCE CAN BE MORE POWERFUL THAN A MILLION EMPTY WORDS. WE ALL HAVE TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH, THE AMOUNT WE LISTEN AND THE AMOUNT WE SPEAK SHOULD BE DONE PROPORTIONATELY. RARELY DO PEOPLE WANT AN ACTIVE SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGHLY HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD. I REMEMBERED THE EARLY DAYS WHEN PEOPLE USED TO COME A