The Reward is the Journey

I am a meditator.  My meditation practice grows with me.  My meditation today will not be the same as my meditation yesterday.  And tomorrow it will be different, again. As long as we live, we should keep learning how to live.  So said Seneca.  I'm inclined to agree.   It is the greatest privilege of being human to truly meet ourselves.  It is also probably the greatest challenge.  It is, I believe, the journey of a lifetime. We all of us face the same questions:  Who am I?  Why am I here?  What's all this about? Some of us ponder these more consciously than others.  But, when we slow down and stop, this is what comes to stare all of us in the face, sooner or later... And this is where it gets tricky.  This is what it is to be human.  To be fragile.  To be vulnerable.  To be unclear.  To be unsure. We do not do well in uncertainty.  And yet we live in the deepest uncertaint...