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By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche \u2022 5 min read[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”sharepost”]\n\t\t\t\t
SHARE:\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”TRY FOR FREE” style=”outline” color=”peacoc” align=”left” el_class=”btn-post” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fjoy.tergar.org%2Fjoy-of-living%2F||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n I once had an interview with an elderly widow in New York City. As soon as I said hello, she began to cry: \u201cAhh! Ahh!\u201d I told her to take it easy and tell me what was on her mind. \u201cAhh,\u201d she wailed, \u201cI have so many wrinkles. I hate<\/i> my wrinkles. But when I look in the mirror, it\u2019s all I can see. Sometimes it makes me so unhappy I break the mirror! I just smash it to the floor!<\/p>\n Afterward, I regret that, so I buy a new one. But once I have it, I can\u2019t resist looking at my reflection again.\u201d Of course, every time this happened, she would discover that what she\u2019d lost was only the previous mirror \u2014 the wrinkles were still right there. And then she\u2019d feel even worse. Convinced that her appearance was repellent, she was sure that other people were avoiding her.<\/p>\n And she was lonely, but her suffering was so great she couldn\u2019t face having company. She pleaded with me for advice. \u201cTell me what to do, because my face is becoming more and more like a dried mushroom, shrinking and withering.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”1″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column lms_has_clearfix=”0″][vc_single_image image=”112642″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1680187215455{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” el_class=”hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”112642″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1680179729780{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” el_class=”visible-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s natural, that\u2019s normal,\u201d I told her. \u201cYou have to try to accept it. And anyway, beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. For example, my grandmother is very kind, so sweet, always smiling. And like you, she has a lot of wrinkles, but to my eyes she is totally beautiful. I see her face as perfect.\u201d Then I explained how important it is to recognize the particular enjoyments and possibilities that come with every stage of being alive.<\/p>\n For example, when you\u2019re a teenager, you can\u2019t wait to be an adult, because you don\u2019t appreciate that there are pleasures, prospects, and qualities specific to your age. But when you do grow up, you miss being young, because you don\u2019t value the joys and potentials that only come with being an adult.<\/p>\n Growing old brings different joys, new experiences, and qualities \u2014 good<\/i> qualities. But again, if you don\u2019t recognize these, if you can\u2019t accept and appreciate them, instead remaining nostalgic for your earlier years, you won\u2019t be able to derive any pleasure from aging. \u201cLife is always changing,\u201d I told this woman.<\/p>\n This change is natural not just for her, but for everybody. I encouraged her to try to accept that. Drying her tears, she said, \u201cWell, that\u2019s easy to say. But it\u2019s hard for me to really feel it.\u201d Then our time was up for the interview, and she left.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1680187269406{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}” el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n The following year, I met with her again, and she thanked me for the guidance I\u2019d given her. \u201cNow I don’t break mirrors anymore,\u201d she said. \u201cI have begun to accept my wrinkles. I\u2019m seeing that each of them is a symbol of the variety of experiences I\u2019ve had on earth.\u201d She had begun to appreciate what she had gone through, and how her life had led to this moment, and that she was still alive. And she was actually pretty grateful for that.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”1″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″ lms_row_bk_offset_section_classes=”bk-qoute-full”][vc_column][vc_column_text]“If you practice meditation, you can use problems as support for your practice. You can liberate your self-created suffering by recognizing the nature of suffering.”<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”autorquotepost”]\u2013 Mingyur Rinpoche \u2013[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1680187279275{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n It\u2019s crucial to accept your suffering and learn from it. And, if you practice meditation, you can use problems like these as support for your practice. You can liberate your self-created suffering by recognizing the nature of suffering. For that, you need emptiness meditation, nature-of-mind meditation. 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