Your Monastery
That’s your monastery.
We thought a monastery was a temple or a safe place where things are calm and monks meditated in peace. In fact the word never really resonated with us much at all. Recently a friend shared with us an alternative view.
Our most difficult times, where we are triggered. Where we are in an internal conflict. Where we are suffering. That’s your monastery.
Monasteries are where we go to do the work. That situation is serving you, it’s giving you the chance to accept the feeling you are fighting.
Instead of fighting and suffering. What if we looked at our greatest struggles and asked ourselves, how is this serving me?
That’s your monastery.
Todd Spector is the CEO of The ASNY Company and co-founder of bethink. He is co-author of “What Sound Does a Crocodile Make” a children’s book about finding your voice and being brave enough to use it. Todd is the father of two daughters 7 and 5 and husband to Emily. His littlest known secret is he was almost the red power ranger which he still believes is cooler than actually being the red power ranger.
