I’ve been practicing meditation for about seven years. I say “practicing,” because that’s what it feels like and it never seems to get any easier. Charlotte Joko Beck, author of Everyday Zen: Love and Work, says that learning to be present in the moment truly is a lifelong practice. (more…)

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