“You see this goblet?” asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master.
“For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It
holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in
beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But
when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my
elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters,
I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken,
every moment with it is precious.”
- Mark Epstein
Thoughts Without a Thinker
Photo Source: Ten Thousand Villages
