Physical practice: open your hand, open your heart, create a lotus. Develop sensitivity and awareness in your body. Appreciation Heart takes us out of greed. This is because we stop searching. We return to observation. Our greedy habit means we never enjoy the present. We always want something new, something more in the future. Or…

In Buddhist philosophy, there is a class where they talk about appreciation. A student asks, “How can I appreciate when everything in my life has gone wrong?” The student proceeds to explain a terrible circumstance: lost his business, lost his partner, his kids won’t speak to him, went bankrupt, lives on the street. He says,…