Confessions on the 7:45

by Lisa Unger

But mainly, people were so wrapped up in their own inner hurricane that they never saw anything outside the storm of themselves.

This is another Buddhist idea, that we can be so lost in our thinking mind — planning, wanting, regretting, hoping, fearing, holding grudges — that we don’t see what’s right in front of us, that we’re essentially sleepwalking. How many hours, days, have you spent on autopilot, going though the motions of your life but not really being present for it?