...on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I transferred the "responsibility" to him for an entire week. If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup...actually living one minute of life. - Thich Nhat Hanh, from The Miracle of Mindfulness (Boston: Beacon Press, 1976) you have felt deep gratitude. Invite participants...

...of the way as if they were a nuisance... we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes If we can't wash the dishes, the chances are we won't...cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the future—and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life. 1 People often seek peace and...

...Ho (Boston: Beacon Press, 1976), 4-6. Subsequent citations to this work will be given in the text. be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup...are incapable of actually living one minute of life" (Mindfulness 5). Had I ever eaten oranges or tangerines without popping the sections rapidly into my...

...realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink. "If we can't wash the dishes," he continues, "the chances are we won't be able to drink our tea...other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands." When you are listening to another but planning your own agenda at the same time, you are really talking...

...the miracle of life that is taking place while we are standing at the sink. As Thich Nhat Hanh says: If we can't wash the dishes, the chances are we won't...cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the future—and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life. THE QUALITY OF TRANSFORMATIONAL...