Step back for a moment, from where you are, what you know.
Take a beginner's lesson in mathematics or programming at the Khan Academy. Learn the proper technique used to row a boat. Look up words you already know in the dictionary.
When you approach things you 'already know' with a beginner's mind, you discover all kinds of insight. You see new connections. You discover nuance, precision.
The simplicity is refreshing. The deliberateness humbling.
What happens when we use this same mindset to approach our own anger, jealousy or fear? Our preferences and perceptions?
If we deconstruct impatience, what does it look like?
What are the building blocks of anxiety and stress, is what we already know about them true?
Give yourself a chance to be a beginner again, with your self.
You may give rise to insight and understanding. You may even feel refreshed.
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