16/12/2025
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A lay disciple once asked the monk, “Venerable sir, why am I so restless? Even when nothing is wrong, my mind keeps wandering and worrying.”
The monk smiled and said, “Because you have not yet made peace with this moment.”
Restlessness is not born from what is happening — it is born from resistance to what is happening.
The mind runs to the past, trying to rewrite it.
It runs to the future, trying to control it.
But it forgets the only place where it can truly rest — the present moment.
When you stop chasing what could be and stop clinging to what was, restlessness fades on its own.
Sit quietly. Breathe. Feel this moment — without labeling it as good or bad.
This is how peace enters: not by controlling life, but by surrendering to it.
When the heart accepts the present, the mind becomes still.
