This principle, coupled with the idea of just being with what is, rather than immediately trying to fix or alleviate the source of my suffering has been profound!

The summer of 2019 I committed to a fast as part of being on a team for a training in Dallas.  I thought about what I could fast from during the next 10 weeks.  A week before, my dad (a retired pastor) had called and asked me if I was going to church.  Odd in…