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Everything Will Be Okay · STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

• 0:24
  Lisa Hopkins: Hey there, I hope that wherever you are, you are enjoying some downtime and some peace.
• 0:32
  Lisa Hopkins: I just wanted to come on tonight and share just a little something with you that might just shine some perspective on where you're at in this moment, or maybe with somebody that could use it.
• 0:49
  Lisa Hopkins: So I'm just going to share this little parable.
• 0:51
  Lisa Hopkins: It's from a collection called the Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower by Tenpa Yeshe.
• 1:00
  Lisa Hopkins: And these are just parables, yeah.
• 1:06
  Lisa Hopkins: So I'm just going to share this with you.
• 1:08
  Lisa Hopkins: If you're somewhere where you can just close your eyes for a moment, go ahead and do that.
• 1:13
  Lisa Hopkins: It'll just take three or four minutes, and if not, that's okay too.
• 1:19
  Lisa Hopkins: What I've chosen to read is the Sunset and the Twilight In a remote monastery on top of a mountain.
• 1:30
  Lisa Hopkins: To read is the Sunset and the Twilight.
• 1:35
  Lisa Hopkins: In a remote monastery on top of a mountain lived a young monk named Shen.
• 1:39
  Lisa Hopkins: Shen was an eager student, but he struggled with a problem Every time he made a mistake or failed in his practice.
• 1:54
  Lisa Hopkins: He could not let it go.
• 1:55
  Lisa Hopkins: He dwelled on his disappointment and let it dominate his thoughts and emotions.
• 2:04
  Lisa Hopkins: One day, after a particularly difficult training session, shen was feeling especially down.
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  Lisa Hopkins: His master, master Wang, noticed this and led Shen to a cliff overlooking the western sky.
• 2:15
  Lisa Hopkins: They sat together watching the sun slowly set, bathing the sky in colors of red and gold.
• 2:25
  Lisa Hopkins: The sky in colors of red and gold.
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  Lisa Hopkins: What do you see?
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  Lisa Hopkins: Shen asked Master Wong, I see a sunset.
• 2:38
  Lisa Hopkins: Master Shen replied and how does that make you feel?
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  Lisa Hopkins: Continued Master Wong, I feel sadness, master.
• 2:49
  Lisa Hopkins: The day is ending and darkness will come, shen said.
• 2:53
  Lisa Hopkins: Master Wong nodded and said yes, sunset marks the end of the day and darkness will follow.
• 3:06
  Lisa Hopkins: But what comes after darkness, shen?
• 3:10
  Lisa Hopkins: Shen thought for a moment and then replied Dawn, master.
• 3:15
  Lisa Hopkins: That's right, shen.
• 3:19
  Lisa Hopkins: Master Wong said with a smile After darkness always comes dawn, the beginning of a new day.
• 3:27
  Lisa Hopkins: That is the natural cycle of the world, and so it is with our mistakes and failures, shen.
• 3:39
  Lisa Hopkins: Master Wong continued when we make a mistake, when we fail, it's like the sunset.
• 3:47
  Lisa Hopkins: A mistake.
• 3:52
  Lisa Hopkins: When we fail, it's like the sunset.
• 3:53
  Lisa Hopkins: It's an ending, yes, but it is also the beginning of something new.
• 3:57
  Lisa Hopkins: With every mistake, with every failure, we have the opportunity to learn and grow.
• 4:07
  Lisa Hopkins: We have the opportunity to make a new beginning.
• 4:14
  Lisa Hopkins: The darkness is only temporary.
• 4:21
  Lisa Hopkins: The dawn will always come.
• 4:29
  Lisa Hopkins: Shen sat looking at the now starry sky and let his master's words sink in.
• 4:36
  Lisa Hopkins: He now understood that failures and mistakes were just part of the learning process, part of the natural cycle of life.
• 4:53
  Lisa Hopkins: He could see them as opportunities for improvement and growth rather than end points.
• 5:02
  Lisa Hopkins: So, from that day on, every time Shen made a mistake or failed in his practice, he remembered the sunset and the dawn.
• 5:16
  Lisa Hopkins: He let go of the darkness, joyfully anticipating the new day that would come with the next sunrise.
• 5:34
  Lisa Hopkins: And so, my friends, I encourage you to take this little lesson and recognize how important it is to remember that there is always dawn after darkness, dawn after darkness, and that, even though it feels sometimes like an ending until it comes, another beginning will not dawn.
• 6:06
  Lisa Hopkins: It's the cycle of life.
• 6:09
  Lisa Hopkins: Let it go, give these things that you hold so deeply a little less weight and remember the simplicity of the sun rising and the sun setting, and take comfort in the regularity, in the fact that you can count on that, just as you can count on you breathing.
• 6:36
  Lisa Hopkins: I hope this helped you shift.
• 6:44
  Lisa Hopkins: I hope that this helps you recognize everything will be okay.
• 6:51
  Lisa Hopkins: I wish you love, light and all the joy that comes with the dawn.
• 7:01
  Lisa Hopkins: I'm Lisa Hopkins.
• 7:05
  Lisa Hopkins: Thanks so much for listening.
• 7:07
  Lisa Hopkins: Stay safe and healthy everyone and remember to live in the moment.